tubby
4
3.4
- adjective
- /ˈtʌbi/
- Informal
:
gordito
- Everyone laughed when they saw the tubby baby trying to crawl across the floor.
- tubby guy
- tubby man
- tubby little
But you're a little tubby Jelly roll of a mom or a dad.
- But you're a little tubby Jelly roll of a mom or a dad.
Examples
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Bless her tubby little heart.
Blog text (32) -
She was a tubby little woman who walked with a rolling gait.
Fiction book (1992) -
Paul had only one friend, a tubby middle-aged dishwasher named Murmelstein.
Fiction book (1993) -
He was a year behind me, tubby, and silly-looking with that little sack of clubs hanging on his fat little shoulder.
Fiction book (2001) -
As we entered the gate to the main courtyard, I caught sight of the tubby little figure of Father Bain, the village priest, hurrying belatedly to the aid of his fallen parishioner.
Fiction book (1991) -
The tubby puppy waddled happily as it chased after the ball.
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The cartoon character was a tubby little figure, always getting into silly adventures.
Synonyms
19
4.0
Slightly fat and short in a way that looks cute
5
5.0
Short and thick in build, often making a person or animal look clumsy
1
5.5
Short, round, and plump in a friendly, playful way
Short and slightly chubby in a cute way
Short and round in body shape
A little fat in a way people may find rude
Antonyms
How Plump
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tubby probably comes from the word tub, a round container like a 'bath tub', plus the ending -y, so it originally meant 'like a tub'. That's why a tubby person or animal looks short and round, a little like a small tub.