ro·ly-po·ly (r  l -p l)adj. Short and plump; pudgy. n. pl. ro·ly-po·lies 1. A short plump person or thing. 2. Chiefly British A pudding made of jam or fruit rolled up in pastry dough and baked or steamed until soft. 3. See pill bug. [Alteration and reduplication of roll.] |
roly-poly [ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ]
adj
plump, buxom, or rotund
n pl -lies
1. (Cookery) Brit a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding
2. a plump, buxom, or rotund person
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Austral an informal name for tumbleweed
[apparently by reduplication from roly, from roll]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  roly-poly - a rotund individual large person - a person of greater than average size |
| 2. | roly-poly - pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
| Adj. | 1. |  roly-poly - short and plump fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
roly-poly
Translations
roly-poly
n
(Brit: also roly-poly pudding) mit Nierentalg hergestellter Strudel, der gebacken oder im Wasserbad gekocht wird
(inf: = somersault) → Purzelbaum m (inf)
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