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adjective
- 1. short and rather fat: informal "a small, tubby man"
- 2. (of a sound) lacking resonance; dull (as that of a tub when struck): "historic classical recordings with a tubby overall sound"
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Tubby is an adjective that means pudgy, fat or sounding dull and without proper resonance. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history and usage from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
adjective. informal uk / ˈtʌb.i / us / ˈtʌb.i / Add to word list. (of a person) fat: Our chef was a genial, slightly tubby man. Synonyms. dumpy. fat (BIG) podgy UK informal disapproving. pudgy mainly US informal disapproving. roly-poly informal humorous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat.
adjective. informal us / ˈtʌb.i / uk / ˈtʌb.i / Add to word list. (of a person) fat: Our chef was a genial, slightly tubby man. Synonyms. dumpy. fat (BIG) podgy UK informal disapproving. pudgy mainly US informal disapproving. roly-poly informal humorous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat.
having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance. tubby. / ˈtʌbɪ / adjective. plump. shaped like a tub. rare. having little resonance. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈtubbiness, noun. Discover More. Other Words From. tub bi·ness noun. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of tubby 1. First recorded in 1800–10; tub + -y 1. Discover More.
3 meanings: 1. plump 2. shaped like a tub 3. rare having little resonance.... Click for more definitions.
To be tubby is to be round and plump, and maybe a bit on the short side. Many cartoon characters, including Porky Pig, Garfield, and Homer Simpson, are a little tubby . The informal noun tubby is usually used to describe a person, and as a result it's almost always offensive — it's just generally bad form to comment on the shape of someone's ...
Definition of tubby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
