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chubby

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chub·by  (chb)
adj. chub·bi·er, chub·bi·est
Rounded and plump. See Synonyms at fat.

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

chubbi·ly adv.
chubbi·ness n.

chubby [ˈtʃʌbɪ]
adj -bier, -biest
(esp of the human form) plump and round
[perhaps from chub, with reference to the plump shape of the fish]
chubbiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.chubby - sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

chubby
adjective plump, stout, fleshy, tubby, flabby, portly, buxom, roly-poly, rotund, round, podgy He used to tease me about being too chubby.
thin, lean, slight, slim, slender, skinny, sylphlike
Translations
chubby [ˈtʃʌbɪ] ADJ (chubbier (compar) (chubbiest (superl))) [baby, hands] → rechoncho, regordete; [face, cheeks] → mofletudo

chubby [ˈtʃʌbi] adjpotelé(e), rondelet(te)

chubby
adj (+er)pummelig, rundlich; chubby cheeksPausbacken pl

chubby [ˈtʃʌbɪ] adjpaffuto/a, grassoccio/a
chubby [ˈtʃʌbɪ] adjpaffuto/a, grassoccio/a

chubby
adj chubby [ˈtʃabi]
plump a baby's chubby face. mollig, vet مُمْتَلئ الخَدَّيْن топчест buclatý buttet; tyk pausbackig στρουμπουλός regordete pehme, pontsakas گوشتالو؛ تپل pullea potelé שמַנמַן गलफुला bucmast, debeljkast pufók montok bústinn, þybbinn paffuto 丸々太った 오동통한 putnus tukls tembam mollig lubben; med bollekinn pyzaty rechonchudo bucălat пухлый bucľatý debelušen buckast knubbig, trind ท้วม tombul, tombalak 豐滿的,圓胖的 круглолиций; повнощокий گول مٹول ، پھولے ہوئے گالوں والا tròn trĩnh

chubby مُمْتَلئ obtloustlý buttet mollig στρουμπουλός regordete pullea potelé debeljuškast paffuto 丸々太った 오동통한 mollig lubben pucołowaty gorducho круглолицый knubbig อ้วนกลม tombul mũm mĩm 丰满的


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The Quadlings themselves, who were short and fat and looked chubby and good-natured, were dressed all in red, which showed bright against the green grass and the yellowing grain.
They accepted without murmuring what she chose to give them, each holding out two chubby hands scoop-like, in the vain hope that they might be filled; and then away they went.
His face was round and chubby and his eyes were big, blue and earnest.
 
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