chub

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Leuciscus cephalus

dace

face

gob

mug

muzzle

pollard

snout

tench

bream

species of fish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌb/

Etymology

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.