chubby
Oznaczający (Angielski)
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- Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
- Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
Synonimy
round-faced
very fat
short and fat
pinwheel-shaped
chanky
roly poly
Częstotliwość
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃʌbi/
Etymologia (Angielski)
In summary
Recorded since 1611, from chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), equivalent to chub + -y. Cognate with dialectal Swedish kubbug (“fat, plump, chubby”). More at chub.
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