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chub

  [chuhb]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) chub, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) chubs.
1. a common freshwater fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of European waters, having a thick, fusiform body.
2. any of various related fishes.
3. any of several unrelated American fishes, esp. the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME chubbe, of obscure orig.
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chub   (chŭb)   
n.   pl. chub or chubs

  1. Any of various freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae related to the carps and minnows, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus.

  2. Any of various North American fishes, such as a freshwater whitefish of the genus Coregonus or a marine fish of the genus Kyphosus.


[Middle English chubbe.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
chub(by)

  1. n.
    an erection. (Usually objectionable.) : He always gets a chubby when he doesn't need it and never when he does.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

chub 
"river fish," c.1450, chubbe, of unknown origin. In Europe, a kind of carp; in U.S., the black bass.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Chub

the name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The word is found only in Ezek. 30:5. They were probably a people of Northern Africa, or of the lands near Egypt in the south.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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