cub

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cub/kʌb/

▶noun

• 1 the young of a fox, bear, lion, or other carnivorous mammal.

  ■ archaic a young man.

• 2 (Cubs) a junior branch of the Scout Association, for boys aged about 8 to 11.

  ■ (also Cub Scout) a member of this organization.

▶verb (cubs, cubbing, cubbed)

• 1 give birth to cubs.

• 2 hunt fox cubs.

– origin C16: of unknown origin.