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chubby

 
Dictionary: chub·by   (chŭb'ē) pronunciation
adj., -bi·er, -bi·est.
Rounded and plump. See synonyms at fat.

[Probably from CHUB (from the plumpness of the fish).]

chubbily chub'bi·ly adv.
chubbiness chub'bi·ness n.

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adjective

    Well-rounded and full in form: plump, plumpish, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby, zaftig. See fat/thin.

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adj

Definition: slightly fat
Antonyms: skinny, slim, thin


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: euphemisms for slightly fat
  Synonyms: buxom, embonpoint, plump, zaftig, zoftig


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tyk, kvabset

Nederlands (Dutch)
mollig

Français (French)
adj. - potelé, rebondi, joufflu, rondelet, grassouillet

Deutsch (German)
adj. - pummelig, rundlich, pausbäckig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - στρουμπουλός, τροφαντός

Italiano (Italian)
grassoccio, paffuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gorducho

Русский (Russian)
толстенький

Español (Spanish)
adj. - rechoncho, gordinflón, mofletudo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - knubbig, trind, kortskaftat paraply (vard.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
圆胖的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 圓胖的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 토실 토실 살이 찐

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 丸々と太った, 丸ぽちゃの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتلىء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שמנמן‬


 
 
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