flab

[ flab ]

noun

1. flabby flesh; unwanted fat:

   Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist.

2. the condition of being flabby:

   Most of the new recruits had run to flab in civilian life.

flab

/ flæb /

noun

1. unsightly or unwanted fat on the body; flabbiness

Word History and Origins

Origin of flab¹

First recorded in 1920–25; back formation from flabby

Word History and Origins

Origin of flab¹

C20: back formation from flabby

Example Sentences

The series has been described as a political thriller, but it’s got so much flab and filler that it seems ideologically opposed to the very idea of suspense.

From Washington Post

For someone looking to trim some belly flab, downsize their nose or pump up their breasts, the deal was almost too good to turn down.

From Seattle Times

Now, the further we get from enactment, the worse the legislation’s extra flab looks.

From Washington Post

And this is why his movies have one of the lowest B.M.I.s in the action business: He cuts the flab.

From New York Times

And that makes me wonder whether this particular sandwich cookie is worth the extra time and narrative flab.

From Salon

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