chub

Signification (English)

Noun

1. One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
2. One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
3. Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
4. Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.

Verb

To stop a bill from being passed using procedural delays.

Concepts

chevaine

chevesne

Chevesne

leuciscus cephalus

Synonyms

Leuciscus cephalus

dace

face

gob

mug

muzzle

pollard

snout

tench

bream

species of fish

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌb/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: chubbe

Cognate with islandais: kubbur

Cognate with norvégien: kubb

Cognate with suédois: kubb

Cognate with islandais: kubba

Cognate with russe: кубышка

In summary

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), see kobbi.
Cognate with Icelandic kubbur (“block, cube”), Norwegian kubb, kubbe (“block, stump, log”), Swedish kubb (“block, log”), and perhaps to Icelandic kubba (“to hew, chop, lop”) and Russian кубышка (kubyška). More at cob, kibble.