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chubby

[ chuhb-ee ]

/ ˈtʃʌb i /

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adjective, chub·bi·er, chub·bi·est.

round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.

Origin of chubby

First recorded in 1605–15; chub + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR chubby

pudgy, heavy, fleshy, roly-poly.

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ANTONYMS FOR chubby

lean, svelte, thin, skinny.

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OTHER WORDS FROM chubby

chub·bi·ly, adverb chub·bi·ness, noun

Words nearby chubby

chuang-tzu, chub, chub mackerel, chub rub, chubb, chubby, chubsucker, chubut, chuchchi, chuchow, chuck

Example sentences from the Web for chubby

The scandal drove the company from the street business, but Chubby acquired a truck of his own.

How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won |Michael Daly |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As Maria set out to begin another day in the ice cream truck, Chubby would roll alongside her for part of the route.

How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won |Michael Daly |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The speakers included a man who had been struck by a hit-and-run driver who had then been chased down by Chubby.

How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won |Michael Daly |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the same time, Chubby experienced growing heart troubles, finally becoming too disabled to work in 2004.

How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won |Michael Daly |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But in 2006, as he was turning 80, Chubby acquired a motorized wheelchair.

How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won |Michael Daly |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He turned at the sound of the closing door, and revealed the pleasant, chubby face of Mr. Green.

The Lion's Skin |Rafael Sabatini
And she put out her chubby little leg to try how much larger that celebrated stitch had made the garter.

Little Mittens for The Little Darlings |Frances Elizabeth Barrow
Elsa turned her chubby cheek up to me in a perfection of indifference.

The King's Mirror |Anthony Hope
The chubby legs of Mun Bun and Margy looked good to that old gander.

Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's |Laura Lee Hope
I know when I fished my boy out he put his chubby arms round my neck as if I'd been his father.

Contraband |G. J. Whyte-Melville

British Dictionary definitions for chubby

chubby

/ (ˈtʃʌbɪ) /

adjective -bier or -biest

(esp of the human form) plump and round

Derived forms of chubby

chubbiness, noun

Word Origin for chubby

C17: perhaps from chub, with reference to the plump shape of the fish