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Definition of chub noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chub

noun

/tʃʌb/

/tʃʌb/

(plural chub)

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a freshwater fish with a thick bodyTopics Fish and shellfishc2
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.

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