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chub

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One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especiallyOne of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially: A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)

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» Going to the gym makes me so horny I chub up in the changing room.

Значення

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One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
In Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
(ширше)Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
(ширше)In North America, a black bass.
(злічуване, сленг)A chubby, plump, or overweight person.
(злічуване, сленг, конкретно)An overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
(злічуване, сленг)An erection of the penis.
(злічуване)A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
(розмовне, незлічуване)Excess body fat.

Ще визначення

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

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Походження

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "l

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), see kobbi.

Back-formation from chubby.

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