noun
chub
chuhb
noun
1
A thick-bodied freshwater fish related to carp.
"He caught a fat chub near the riverbank."
2
Informal: a chubby or overweight person.
"He joked about being a chub after the holidays."
3
A cylindrical package of ground or processed meat.
"The deli sells sausage in a two-pound chub."
How to Use Chub
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the freshwater fish, or informally, a plump person.
Word Forms
chubbed past tense, chubs plural, chub plural, chubs plural, chubs singular
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Etymology
From Middle English chubbe, the name of the river fish, later used from the 1500s as a nickname for a slow or lazy person, and eventually for anything short and thick.