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chub·by
(chŭb′ē)adj. chub·bi·er, chub·bi·est
Rounded and plump. See Synonyms at fat.
n. pl. chub·bies
1. Informal A chubby person.
2. Vulgar Slang An erection of the penis.
[Probably from chub (from the plumpness of the fish).]
chub′bi·ly adv.
chub′bi·ness n.
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chubby
(ˈtʃʌbɪ)adj, -bier or -biest
(esp of the human form) plump and round
[C17: perhaps from chub, with reference to the plump shape of the fish]
ˈchubbily adv
ˈchubbiness n
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chub•by
(ˈtʃʌb i)adj. -bi•er, -bi•est.
round and plump: a chubby face.
[1605–15]
chub′bi•ly, adv.
chub′bi•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | chubby - sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
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chubby
adjective plump, stout, fleshy, tubby, flabby, portly, buxom, roly-poly, rotund, round, podgy He used to tease me about being too chubby.
thin, lean, slight, slim, slender, skinny, sylphlike
thin, lean, slight, slim, slender, skinny, sylphlike
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Translations
مُـمْتَلِئمُمْتَلئ الخَدَّيْن
buclatýobtloustlý
buttettyk
pulleapulska
debeljuškast
pufók
bústinn, òybbinn
丸々太った
오동통한
putnus
tukls
knubbigmullig
อ้วนกลม
mũm mĩm
chubby
[ˈtʃʌbɪ] ADJ (chubbier (compar) (chubbiest (superl))) [baby, hands] → rechoncho, regordete; [face, cheeks] → mofletudoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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chubby
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chubby
[ˈtʃʌbɪ] adj → paffuto/a, grassoccio/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chubby
(ˈtʃabi) adjective plump. a baby's chubby face.
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chubby
→ مُـمْتَلِئ obtloustlý buttet mollig στρουμπουλός regordete pullea potelé debeljuškast paffuto 丸々太った 오동통한 mollig lubben pucołowaty gorducho полный knubbig อ้วนกลม tombul mũm mĩm 丰满的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
chubby
a. regordete-a, macizo-a.
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