butterball

noun

but·​ter·​ball ˈbə-tər-ˌbȯl 

1

: bufflehead

2

: a chubby person

Examples of butterball in a Sentence

I was a little butterball when I was a child.

Recent Examples on the Web

Yukon Golds, butterball, new potatoes, and fingerlings are all terrific options. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026

In this neighborhood setting, Commonwealth’s breakfast croissant is one of the city’s best morning sandwiches, built on a lace-trace butterball of a croissant with clean omelet folds of egg wrapped around ham and cheese and bell peppers and onions. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026

Turkey dinners include a 10 to 12-pound butterball turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, sage dressing, turkey gravy, green bean casserole, spinach artichoke dip and cranberry orange relish. — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025

The American failure to neutralize this preachy butterball suggested serious limits to the occupying force’s control of the situation. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025

Lohuis rated each sheep's body condition on a five-point scale where zero was dead and five was as fat as a butterball. — Rick Sinnott, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for butterball

• aerosol
• alcohol
• arbitral
• basketball
• butanol
• cannonball
• carbinol
• cortisol
• ethanol
• fireball
• gasohol
• gossypol