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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 or freedom of sound. 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.
Tubby is an adjective that means short and fat, or having a dull, thumping sound. Learn more about its origin, derived forms, and usage in sentences from various sources.
Tubby is an informal adjective that means rather fat or plump. It can also mean shaped like a tub or having little resonance. See synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of tubby.
Tubby means short and plump, or having a dull sound. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this adjective, and see related words and antonyms.
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 ...
