Cubbing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cubbed} (k[u^]bd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Cubbing}.]
     To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of
     persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin." --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cubbing
       See {cub}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cub
       n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: {greenhorn}, {rookie}]
       2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: {lad},
           {laddie}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}]
       3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or
          wolf or lion [syn: {young carnivore}]
       v : give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"
       [also: {cubbing}, {cubbed}]