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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, especially the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English chubbe, of obscure origin
1400–50; late Middle English chubbe, of obscure origin
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chub
"river fish," mid-15c., chubbe, of unknown origin. In Europe, a kind of carp; in U.S., the black bass.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Chub definition
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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