chubby
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
chubby (comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)
- Of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence soft, plump, and rounded.
- 2010, Marsha Hubler, The Long Ride Home, Zonderkidz (ISBN 9780310429333), page 97:
- Slowly Skye wrapped her arms around the chubby woman's frame and rested her head on Rita's chest drenched with perspiration.
- Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
- Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy, tubby
- 2010, Marsha Hubler, The Long Ride Home, Zonderkidz (ISBN 9780310429333), page 97:
- Of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat.
- It's quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
- Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy
- French: potelé, dodu
- German: mollig
- Italian: grassoccio, cicciuto, paffutello
- Portuguese: rechonchudo, gorducho, roliço
- Russian: пу́хленький
- Spanish: gordito, rechoncho, regordete (colloquial), rellenito (colloquial), metido en carnes
chubby (plural chubbies)
- A chubby, plump person
- 1949, R. Duffy Lewis, Dorothy Stote, How to build an infant's, girls' and teens' wear business: a manual for retailers and prospective shop owners
- The chubby is the girl who cannot be fitted in the regular 7 to 14 size range because she is too stout. Sizes for these girls are 7*4 to 141/^, and are specially styled and designed to give them better proportions.
- 2007, Jackie Guerra, Under Construction: How I've Gained and Lost Millions of Dollars and Hundreds of Pounds, New Amer Library (ISBN 9780451220301)
- The chubby is especially taken for granted: "Hey, can you watch my purse while I dance?"
- 1949, R. Duffy Lewis, Dorothy Stote, How to build an infant's, girls' and teens' wear business: a manual for retailers and prospective shop owners
- (LGBT slang) An overweight or obese gay man.
- (slang) A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.
- Hey, Lucius, I just wanted to share a piece of personal information with you. I've got a... a chubby right now because [starts screaming] This is one of the most awesome experiences of my life!—Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- French: dodu
- German: Dickerchen
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