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flabby

[ flab-ee ]

adjective

, flab·bi·er, flab·bi·est.
  1. hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
  2. having such flesh.
  3. lacking strength or determination.


flabby

/ ˈflæbɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking firmness; loose or yielding

    flabby muscles

  2. having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
  3. lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈflabbiness, noun
  • ˈflabbily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • flabbi·ly adverb
  • flabbi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flabby1

1690–1700; apparently expressive alteration of earlier flappy, with same sense; flap, -y 1; compare late Middle English flabband (attested once), evidently with sense “flapping”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flabby1

C17: alteration of flappy , from flap + -y 1; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip
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Example Sentences

About a year and a half ago, it occurred to me that if I didn’t start working out again, I’d be sliding into a sloppy, flabby late middle age.

Mark Galeotti believes Moscow views Germany as a large but “flabby” power, making it the ideal pressure point.

From BBC

The long and flabby performance was, at the least, a squandered political opportunity.

The central mystery is flabby and uncompelling and it feels obligatory at best, a real-estate scandal offering a loose background in front of which these actors play.

In “Kung Fu Panda,” Master Shifu complains, “Look at you! This fat butt, flabby arms...and this ridiculous belly!” upon meeting the film’s protagonist, a giant panda named Po Ping.

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