chubby

  • 11chubby — UK [ˈtʃʌbɪ] / US adjective Word forms chubby : adjective chubby comparative chubbier superlative chubbiest informal slightly fat, in the way a healthy baby or young child is cute chubby cheeks …

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  • 12chubby — chubbily, adv. chubbiness, n. /chub ee/, adj., chubbier, chubbiest. round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face. [1605 15; CHUB + Y1] Syn. pudgy, heavy, fleshy, roly poly. Ant. lean, svelte, thin, skinny. * * * …

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  • 13chubby — chub|by [ˈtʃʌbi] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: chub type of fish (15 21 centuries)] slightly fat in a way that looks healthy and attractive ▪ a chubby six year old ▪ a baby with round chubby cheeks >chubbiness n [U] …

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  • 14chubby — n American an erection. An item of teenage slang often heard in the phrase crack/pop a chubby . It may derive from the earlier synonym crack a fat. ► Hi boys, don t pop a chubby on our ac count. (Meet the Applegates, US film, 1991) …

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  • 15chubby — adjective fat in a pleasant healthy looking way: I was chubby even as a baby. | chubby cheeks chubbiness noun (U) see fat 1 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16chubby — /ˈtʃʌbi / (say chubee) adjective (chubbier, chubbiest) round and plump: a chubby face; chubby cheeks. {? from chub because of its plumpness} …

  • 17chubby — adjective (chubbier; est) Etymology: chub Date: 1722 plump < a chubby boy > • chubbiness noun …

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  • 18chubby — adj. Chubby is used with these nouns: ↑cheek, ↑finger …

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  • 19chubby — chub|by [ tʃʌbi ] adjective INFORMAL slightly fat, in the way a healthy baby or young child is: cute chubby cheeks …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20chubby — adjective look how chubby Dad was as a baby! Syn: plump, fat, rotund, portly, dumpy, chunky, well upholstered, well rounded; informal roly poly, tubby, pudgy, blubbery, big boned, full figured; zaftig, corn fed Ant: skinny …

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