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    tubby
    /ˈtʌbi/

    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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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › tubbyTubby Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : pudgy, fat. 2. : sounding dull and without proper resonance or freedom of sound. a tubby violin. Synonyms. blubbery. chubby. corpulent. fat. fleshy. full. gross. lardy. obese. overweight. plump. podgy [chiefly British] portly. pudgy. replete. roly-poly. rotund. round. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tubby in a Sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTUBBY | English meaning - Cambridge 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.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTUBBY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › tubbyTUBBY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    adjective. , tub·bi·er, tub·bi·est. short and fat: a tubby child. having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance. tubby. / ˈtʌbɪ / adjective. plump. shaped like a tub. rare. having little resonance.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTUBBY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    tubby. 3 meanings: 1. plump 2. shaped like a tub 3. rare having little resonance.... Click for more definitions.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › tubbyTubby - definition of tubby by The Free Dictionary

    Define tubby. tubby synonyms, tubby pronunciation, tubby translation, English dictionary definition of tubby. adj. tub·bi·er , tub·bi·est 1. Having a rounded shape: a tubby fishing boat. 2. Derogatory Short and plump. 3. Having a dull sound; lacking resonance....

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › tubbyTubby - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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 ...