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chubby

[ chuhb-ee ]

adjective

, chub·bi·er, chub·bi·est.
  1. round and plump:

    a chubby child; a chubby face.

    Synonyms: roly-poly, fleshy, heavy, pudgy

    Antonyms: skinny, thin, svelte, lean



chubby

/ ˈtʃʌbɪ /

adjective

  1. (esp of the human form) plump and round
“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

  • ˈchubbiness, noun
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Other Words From

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

Origin of chubby1

First recorded in 1605–15; chub + -y 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chubby1

C17: perhaps from chub , with reference to the plump shape of the fish
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Example Sentences

In a joking manner, Teotico described the co-worker who owed him money as a “chubby Vietnamese guy,” according to homicide investigators.

They came for the face painting and food, and their concerns are more mundane: teaching kids to read, paying the bills, finding a napkin to clean Popsicle juice off chubby toddler legs.

“He could get laughs for being funny, not for being the chubby kid,” Florenski told me.

On her windowsill, Al Holden, her son, smiles in a baby portrait, all chubby cheeks and tiny fists.

“You were a little butterball when you were a baby. You had these chubby cheeks that I swear I could’ve kissed all day. It only felt right to call you pumpkin.”

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