cub
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5.5
- noun
- /kʌb/
- Archaic
:
novato
- What is this fault of this cub?
- cub reporter
- cub scouts
- man-cub
Here's a ploy boy, a young boy, a young cub reporter for a magazine.
- Here's a ploy boy, a young boy, a young cub reporter for a magazine.
- The guy standing up there answering the asking the question was a young, young cub reporter named Tom Brokaw that year.
Examples
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We are all but cubs.
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As the job went on, she found that the cub was not Mr. Reliable.
Fiction book (1992) -
Made me feel like a cub again.
Fiction book (1999) -
I was just a cub.
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Many things you shall learn, young cub.
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When is that cub ever gonna get himself sorted?
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Ryan's like a cub to all of us.
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I hadn't felt like a cub in a very long time.
Fiction book (1999) -
I was a cub reporter covering Dallas as a stand-in when Kennedy was killed.
Fiction book (2000) -
As a young cub in the world of journalism, he often made mistakes in his articles.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A young person, usually a child
777
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
276
3.7
A person new to a job or activity who has little experience
213
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
101
1.0
A young person, often a boy or young man
28
7.5
A young person with little experience
14
9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
7
7.4
A person who is new to an activity and has little experience
2
5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
Antonyms
Compounds
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cub is also used for a young, inexperienced person as a simple picture: like a baby animal learning the world, a 'cub' reporter or worker is new and still learning the job.