chubby
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈtʃʌbi/
- Informal
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- Everyone adored the chubby toddler as he waddled around the park.
- chubby and short
He was a Humboldt Penguin, chubby, but he's amazing.
- He was a Humboldt Penguin, chubby, but he's amazing.
- There's my rather chubby older sister who looks very scared.
- He doesn't dress very well, chubby, sloppy looking, right.
- I think you just get real chubby for Next up for Leo.
- Bubba was this long haired, nesty chubby, grew big time, more blood needed.
Examples
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And Danny, Danny has the menu propped up in his chubby fingers.
Fiction book (1997) -
She was like this short little chubby girl, super sweet.
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I was kind of a chubby kid.
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I was a chubby kid.
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There's my rather chubby older sister who looks very scared.
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And on top of that, my uncle looked like a chubby, jollier version of my own dad.
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Together, Mama and she had bathed and diapered the chubby baby, kissed his toes, and made him laugh.
Fiction book (1995) -
I pumped my short, chubby legs, careful to avoid stepping on the cracks in the sidewalk.
Fiction book (1997) -
My mother dressed me in little ruffled panties, and I had chubby, dimpled knees.
Fiction book (1990) -
The chubby puppy played happily in the yard.
Synonyms
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2.7
A little fat and rounded in a healthy, attractive way
19
4.0
Slightly fat and short in a way that looks cute
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3.7
A little fat in a soft, round way
Short and slightly chubby in a cute way
A little heavy in the body, slightly overweight
A little fat in a way people may find rude
Antonyms
How Fat
Surface Forms
Morphology
chubby = chub (transparent) = chub + y
Regular adjectival formation from the noun 'chub' with the productive suffix '-y', yielding the meaning 'having the qualities of a chub' (i.e., slightly fat).
Etymology
Chubby probably comes from the old word chub, a short, round fish, plus -y meaning 'full of'. A helpful image is a round little fish or a baby's round cheeks, which is why chubby means 'slightly fat' in a 'pleasant' or 'cute' way.