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Definition: Cubby |
CubbyNoun1. A small secluded room. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cubby" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1884. (references) |
Synonyms: CubbySynonyms: cubbyhole (n), snug (n), snuggery (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | As a matter of fact I do, Cubby. (The Mask; writing credit: Michael Fallon; Mark Verheiden) Wellthere's Cubby, Darlene andI know, Annette (House of Mouse; writing credit: Tracy Berna; Kevin Campbell) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cubby" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 46.15% of the time. "Cubby" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 46.15% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 30.77% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cubby": cubby-hole, cubby-holes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cubby | 50 | cubby graco parade | 3 |
bear cubby | 47 | cubby shelf | 3 |
cubby house | 19 | cubby gallery girl | 3 |
bear cubby north | 14 | cubby mini mite | 3 |
cubby hole | 13 | arctic cubby factory ferret fleece fun | 3 |
cubby chicago bear | 11 | bear cubby lincolnshire | 3 |
cubby storage | 10 | cubby design house | 2 |
cubby wood | 7 | bear cubby lounge | 2 |
shoes cubby | 5 | cubby land | 2 |
brien cubby o | 4 | cubby tubby | 2 |
cubby jonticraft | 4 | cubby bench | 2 |
cubby house plan | 3 | bear cubby park rv | 2 |
australia cubby house | 3 | cubby parade | 2 |
broccoli cubby | 3 | cubby lure | 2 |
bar bear cubby | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cubby"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | غرفة صغيرة (crib), حجيرة (cell, stall). (various references) | |
French | Petite Chambre. (various references) | |
Greek | όικρόσ ίλειστόσ Τόποσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kamrácska (cubbyhole, cubby-hole), búvóhely (corner, covert, cubbyhole, cubby-hole, grot, hangout, hide out, hideaway, hide-out, hiding place, lair, mountain fastness, nest). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ruangan kecil (alcove, cubby hole). (various references) | |
Italian | Cantuccio (aangles, angle, corner, nook). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubbycay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cubículo (cell, closet). (various references) | |
Spanish | Cuchitril (cubbyhole, den, hole, hovel), Chiribitil (cubbyhole). (various references) | |
Turkish | Odacık (cubicle, cuddy), Küçük Oda (closet, cubbyhole), Göz (blinker, cell, compartment, cubbyhole, cubicle, cuddy, drawer, eye, eyehole, glim, ocular, ophthalmic, optic, optical, opto-, orb, orbit, orbital, peeper, sight). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Затишне Місце, Солом'яний Кошик. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chỗ kín đáo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cubby": cubbyhole, cubbyholes. (additional references) | |
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"Cubby" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cobbie, cobbly, coby, cubb, cubey, cubry, Kebby, ufby. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-c-u-y" | |
-2 letters: bub, buy, cub. | |
-3 letters: by. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-c-u-y" | |
+1 letter: chubby, clubby. | |
+2 letters: buyback, scrubby. | |
+3 letters: buybacks, chubbily. | |
+4 letters: buckyball, cubbyhole. | |
+5 letters: buckyballs, bunchberry, cubbyholes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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