butterball

[ buht-er-bawl ]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌbɔl /
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noun

Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
Informal. a chubby person.
an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.

Origin of butterball

First recorded in 1930–35; butter + ball1

Words nearby butterball

butter tree, butter up, butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, butter-and-egg man, butter-and-eggs, butterball, butterbread, butterbur, buttercream, buttercup, buttercup family

Words related to butterball

portly, flabby, chunky, pudgy, stout, plump, bulky, obese, inflated, bulging, hefty, large, big, heavy, meaty, gross, bull, solid, broad, lard

Example sentences from the Web for butterball

  • It was black-and-white-spotted and fat as a butterball, she and the little Bococks bragged.

    Blue Ridge Country |Jean Thomas

British Dictionary definitions for butterball

butterball
/ (ˈbʌtəˌbɔːl) /

noun US

another name for bufflehead
informal, derogatory a chubby or fat person