chub

noun

ˈchəb 

plural chub or chubs

1

: any of numerous freshwater cyprinid fishes (as of the genera Gila and Nocomis)

2

: any of several marine or freshwater fishes (such as the tautog) that are not cyprinids

Examples of chub in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ground beef chubs and milk fish thaw on the drain board and in the basin of the food preparation sink. — Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Most of the government attention to this problem in recent years has been on protecting Grand Canyon’s native humpback chubs from warm-water predators that slipped through the dam’s turbines from Lake Powell. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Other species up for consideration include the Cascade red fox, diamondback terrapin, Goose Lake lamprey, Goose Lake sucker, Goose Lake tui chub and loopy five firefly. — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 17 July 2026

Good choices include live sunfish, suckers, bullheads, carp, goldfish, and chubs. — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English chubbe

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1