puppy fat en · NOUN
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) The natural fat on the body of a child that normally disappears at adolescence.
"I was not pudding-faced!" "Oh, believe me, you were! You hadn't lost your puppy-fat."
1972, Georgette Heyer, Lady Of Quality, London: The Bodley Head, page 87:
Synonyms
Translations (11)
fo hvølpafiti (natural fat on the body of a child) · is hvolpafita (natural fat on the body of a child) · da hvalpefedt (natural fat on the body of a child) · cs dětská baculatost (natural fat on the body of a child) · de Babyspeck (natural fat on the body of a child) · nb valpefett (natural fat on the body of a child) · sk detská baculatosť (natural fat on the body of a child) · fi vauvarasva (natural fat on the body of a child) · nn kvalpefeitt (natural fat on the body of a child) · cmn 小兒虛胖 /小儿虚胖 (natural fat on the body of a child) · nn kvelpefeitt (natural fat on the body of a child)