butterball
Noun
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Noun
butterball (plural butterballs)
- A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter, margarine, or a spread
- (derogatory) An overweight person.
- 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-Proofing your Children – so that they Never Become Diet-Addicted Adults, page 62
- "What if your baby is a butterball? Does Fat-Proofing mean you should put your infant on diet?."
- 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-Proofing your Children – so that they Never Become Diet-Addicted Adults, page 62
- A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
- 1917, in the Hunter-Trader-Trapper, volume 34, page 37:
- The skipper had his eye on a bunch of butterballs feeding not far from the boat. In fact there were ducks all around — though he did not tell me so.
- 1917, in the Hunter-Trader-Trapper, volume 34, page 37:
- (North America) A turkey.
- See also Thesaurus:fat person
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