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chub (iou)



chub noun. Pl. same. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
A thick-bodied coarse-fleshed river fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of the carp family. Also (N. Amer.), any of various freshwater fishes of the carp family; any of various similar marine fishes of the family Kyphosidae (also sea chub). LME.
RED-TAIL chub.
A lazy person; a yokel, a dolt; a lad. M16-E19.
chubbed adjective (now rare) short and thick, chubby L17.