chubby en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈt͡ʃʰɜbi] /ʌ/-fronting, Southern US, Midland US, African-American Vernacular
- /ˈt͡ʃʊbi/ (Ireland, Northern-England) without the foot-strut split
- (US) audio
- [ˈt͡ʃʰʌ̈bi]
- /ˈt͡ʃɜbi/ /ʌ/-fronting, Southern US, Midland US, African-American Vernacular
- [ˈt͡ʃʰʊbi] (Ireland, Northern-England) without the foot-strut split
- /ˈt͡ʃʌbi/
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈt͡ʃɐ̞bi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- [ˈt͡ʃʰɐ̞bi] (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
Slowly Skye wrapped her arms around the chubby woman's frame and rested her head on Rita's chest drenched with perspiration.
2010, Marsha Hubler, The Long Ride Home, Zonderkidz, →ISBN, page 97:
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Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chubbier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| chubbiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chubber · chubbily · chubby bunny · chubbiness
Synonyms
chunky · podgy · chunky · podgy · plump · plump · portly · tubby
Translations (91)
az dolğun (of a person, somewhat fat) · it pienotto (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · es llenito (of a person, somewhat fat) · eo diketa (of a person, somewhat fat) · nl volslank (of a person, somewhat fat) · ja ぽちゃぽちゃ (of a person, somewhat fat) · ro rotunjor (of a person, somewhat fat) · az çağ (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr tombul (of a person, somewhat fat) · fa لنبه (of a person, somewhat fat) · ca grosset (of a person, somewhat fat) · es entrado en carnes (of a person, somewhat fat) · it grassoccio (of a person, somewhat fat) · fi pulska (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr etli (of a person, somewhat fat) · nb lubben (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru круглоли́цый (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru пу́хленький (of a person, somewhat fat) · fr potelé (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · mk на́леан (of a person, somewhat fat) · es morcillón (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · mk ту́нтурест (of a person, somewhat fat) · it cicciuto (of a person, somewhat fat) · cmn 豐滿 /丰满 (of a person, somewhat fat) · ro grăsuț (of a person, somewhat fat) · ja ぽってり (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr balıketli (of a person, somewhat fat) · it paffuto (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · gl repoludo (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru полнощёкий (of a person, somewhat fat) · fi pullea (of a person, somewhat fat) · mk ши́шкав (of a person, somewhat fat) · pl pulchny (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru корена́стый (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr etli butlu (of a person, somewhat fat) · mk дебе́личок (of a person, somewhat fat) · uk круглоли́ций (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru то́лстенький (of a person, somewhat fat) · ro durduliu (of a person, somewhat fat) · es metido en carnes (of a person, somewhat fat) · sv mullig (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr besili (of a person, somewhat fat) · fr dodu (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr semiz (of a person, somewhat fat) · hy թմբլիկ (of a person, somewhat fat) · pl pyzaty (of a person, somewhat fat) · mk по́лничок (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru пуза́тый (of a person, somewhat fat) · mi māretireti (of a person, somewhat fat) · az koppuş (of a person, somewhat fat) · fr potelé (of a person, somewhat fat) · pt rechonchudo (of a person, somewhat fat) · mi pukunati (of a person, somewhat fat) · fi pullea (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · bg закръглен (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · pt gorducho (of a person, somewhat fat) · ro plinuț (of a person, somewhat fat) · mk по́лникав (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru пу́хлый (of a person, somewhat fat) · nl mollig (of a person, somewhat fat) · nb fetladen (of a person, somewhat fat) · it paffutello (of a person, somewhat fat) · mi makune (of a person, somewhat fat) · pdt druglich (of a person, somewhat fat) · he שְׁמַנְמַן (of a person, somewhat fat) · uk повнощо́кий (of a person, somewhat fat) · es gordito (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru то́лстый (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr dolgun (of a person, somewhat fat) · bg пухкав (of a person, somewhat fat) · sv knubbig (of a person, somewhat fat) · es rellenito (of a person, somewhat fat) · tyz bẻo bựt (of a person, somewhat fat) · fr dodu (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · uk круглови́дий (of a person, somewhat fat) · fa تپل (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr yağlı (of a person, somewhat fat) · ug ئەتلىك (of a person, somewhat fat) · az toppuş (of a person, somewhat fat) · az ətli-canlı (of a person, somewhat fat) · fa کپل (of a person, somewhat fat) · pt roliço (of a person, somewhat fat) · ug سېمىز (of a person, somewhat fat) · ru упи́танный (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr şişman (of a person, somewhat fat) · ca grassonet (of a person, somewhat fat) · nl mollig (of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat) · uk повнови́дий (of a person, somewhat fat) · th เจ้าเนื้อ (of a person, somewhat fat) · de mollig (of a person, somewhat fat) · tr etine dolgun (of a person, somewhat fat)