chubby

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adjective chub·by \ ˈchə-bē \

Definition of chubby

chubbier; chubbiest

:plump

a chubby boy

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chubbiness

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Examples of chubby in a Sentence

He was always chubby as a child.
the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler

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But while some Sheela-na-Gigs are chubby, others are grotesquely thin.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Interactive Map Tracks Ireland’s Mysterious Naked Sculptures," 24 Aug. 2017
Devers, with that little kid’s face and chubby body, fairly skipped around the bases as if blasting out of the middle school doors for recess.

— tom verducci, SI.com, "The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Is Back, And It Could Soon Dominate Baseball Again," 15 Aug. 2017
SEOUL, South Korea — In China, the man threatening to fire missiles at the United States is often derided as a chubby brat.

— choe sang-hun, The Seattle Times, "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, a moody young man with a nuclear arsenal," 10 Aug. 2017
In four months, he's almost doubled his weight and is a happy baby with chubby legs and feet, said Mertogul, a first-time mom.

— gloria casas, Elgin Courier-News, "Big Latch-On draws attention to breastfeeding benefits in Elgin, worldwide," 5 Aug. 2017
Round: The round shape is really popular at Paintbox, and Schell recommends round nails for clients who tend to think of think of their fingers as short or chubby.

— alanna greco, Marie Claire, "The Nail Shapes Dictionary: All the Need-to-Know Styles, from "Squoval" to "Coffin"," 28 July 2017
Toddlers, guided by their mothers and grandmothers holding their chubby hand, have in the other their own creation to hide in exchange for a find.

— amanda walker, AL.com, "Hiding painted rocks helps communities find joy," 17 July 2017
Last, some pet owners may not be able to spot weight issues in their pets—particularly because so many more dogs and cats are now overweight, making chubby pets the new norm.

— beth mole, Ars Technica, "Our furry friends are getting fat just like us; 1 in 3 are overweight," 28 June 2017
An irritated consumer refutes the ad with comic relief, such as a naked chubby baby who is also rocking her beach body, or a meme asserting that to be bikini-body-ready, just put a bikini on your body.

— nicole radziszewski, chicagotribune.com, "Column: 110 better things to do this summer," 7 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of chubby

chub

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First Known Use: 1722

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chubby Synonyms

Synonyms

blubbery, fat, corpulent, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

Antonyms

lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

Related Words

beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, hefty, husky; dumpy, squat, stubby; hippy, paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; ample, buxom, corn-fed, ripe, zaftig (also zoftig); endomorphic

Near Antonyms

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted; puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight; rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy; ectomorphic; anorexic

CHUBBY Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of chubby for English Language Learners

: somewhat fat

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adjective chub·by \ ˈchə-bē \

Definition of chubby for Students

chubbier; chubbiest

:somewhat fat

a chubby baby

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