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butterball en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From butter + ball.

Meanings

1. A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
2. (derogatory, humorous, slang) An overweight person.
   • What if your baby is a butterball? Does Fat-Proofing mean you should put your infant on diet?. 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-Proofing your Children – so that they Never Become Diet-Addicted Adults, page 62
3. A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.
   • The skipper had his eye on a bunch of butterballs feeding not far from the boat. In fact there were ducks all around — though he did not tell me so. 1917, Hunter-Trader-Trapper, volume 34, page 37:

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