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

Related Words

• bawl
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