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Word entry · 3 letters

cub

Best crossword clue

"Baby bear"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /kʌb/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bcuStarts with CEnds with B7 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give birth to cubs

Word origin

From earlier cubbe. Origin unknown. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”).

Used in a sentence

  • Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.
  • a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close under his garment, rather then he would discover his theft.
  • O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be / When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?

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Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Baby bear3 letters
02Bear youngster3 letters
03Young lion or bear3 letters
04Young scout member3 letters
05Young wild animal3 letters
06Trainee journalist3 letters
07Young bear3 letters

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