chub
/t͡ʃʌb/noun, verb
chub is spelled C-H-U-B: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chub means “A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chub is chubs.
How many letters and syllables are in chub?
| Letters | 4: C-H-U-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chub?
Chub appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chub?
- US /t͡ʃʌb/
- Australia /t͡ʃʌb/
- /t͡ʃʊb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-chub.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chub?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chub from its last stressed vowel (/ʌb/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chub
- chubs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chubbing participle, present
- chubbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chub mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
- 2
In Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
- 3
Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
- 4
In North America, a black bass.
- 5
slangA chubby, plump, or overweight person.
- 6
slangAn overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
- 7
slangAn erection of the penis.
- 8
A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
- 9
informalExcess body fat.
verb
- 1
USTo stop a bill from being passed using procedural delays.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chub come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).