chubs
plural of chub
chubs
(slang, derogatory) Term of address for a fat person.
• Busch, HBCUs
Source: Wiktionary
Chub, n. Etym: [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidæ or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. Chub mackerel (Zoöl.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others;
– called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.
РChub sucker (Zo̦l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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