flab
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3.9
- noun
- /flæb/
- Informal
- Many people struggle to lose the extra flab around their waist after the holidays.
- fight flab
- belly flab
- pounds of flab
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- They don't lose their muscle mass, they just lose the flab.
Examples
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Too much flab, not enough ab.
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The little tire of flesh around my middle, the jiggling flab under my arms—it doesn't hurt me.
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The flab I touch on my upper arms feels cool.
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Look at this flab, Olivia.
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All that excess flab must put a terrible strain on your heart.
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My God, the flab! she moans, stroking her pale-tan midriff.
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At night, the streets were alive with middle-class joggers working off the office flab and couples strolling hand in hand along the dimly lit walkways.
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She started a new workout routine to get rid of the flab on her arms.
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Jogging regularly can help reduce flab and improve overall health.
Synonyms
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1.0
A condition of having too much body weight that can harm health
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9.1
How much body fat a person has that affects their health
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4.9
Extra fat around the waist that looks like a round band
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5.0
Soft, loose parts of the body or muscles that are not firm
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8.6
Soft, loose flesh on the body, often around the stomach
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flab is a short, casual form of flabby, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of flap — something that 'flaps' or 'hangs' loosely. So flab means the soft, loose body fat that seems to 'hang' or 'flap', often after little exercise.