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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)

/t͡ʃʌb/

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

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Meaning

9 senses

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.
(broadly)Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
(broadly)In North America, a black bass.
(countable, slang)A chubby, plump, or overweight person.
(countable, slang, specifically)An overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
(countable, slang)An erection of the penis.
(countable)A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
(informal, uncountable)Excess body fat.

More definitions

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

Examples

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

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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