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chub

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tʃʌb/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(chub)

Inflections of 'chub' (n):
chub
npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Chub are freshwater fish.")
chubs
npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Chubs include the bigeye chub and the creek chub.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
chub  (chub),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) chub,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) chubs. 
  1. Fisha common freshwater fish, Leuciscus cephalus, of European waters, having a thick, fusiform body.
  2. Fishany of various related fishes.
  3. Fishany of several unrelated American fishes, esp. the tautog and whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes.
  • late Middle English chubbe, of obscure origin, originally 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chub /tʃʌb/ n ( pl chub, chubs)
  1. a common European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Leuciscus (or Squalius) cephalus, having a cylindrical dark greenish body
  2. any of various North American fishes, esp certain whitefishes and minnows
Etymology: 15th Century: of unknown origin
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