chubbier; chubbiest
: somewhat fat
a chubby child
Growing up, I was always the chubbiest in the family …—
Anna Schuchman
Anna SchuchmanThis is the very real story of the little bucktoothed, chubby 9-year-old boy who invented the MC …—Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
also
: having a full, rounded form
a baby with chubby cheeks
Chubby, crackly egg rolls with chicken, beef, or vegetables are deep-fried to order … —Mike Sula
Mike Sula
chubbiness
noun
The faces in the mosaics have a roundness, the figures a chubbiness that one does not associate with Roman portraiture …
—Sarah Caudwell
Sarah Caudwell
Examples of chubby in a Sentence
the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler
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During Valentine's Day, jelly beans take on the shape of cute, chubby hearts.
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In Victorious Cupid, Caravaggio demolished Renaissance ideals of the chubby, celestial putto by depicting a young god with the body of an Adonis and the face and feet of a cheeky street urchin.
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Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
For those keen on lip liner, Refy’s chubby lip blur yields a similar effect.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
During Valentine's Day, jelly beans take on the shape of cute, chubby hearts.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
In Victorious Cupid, Caravaggio demolished Renaissance ideals of the chubby, celestial putto by depicting a young god with the body of an Adonis and the face and feet of a cheeky street urchin.
—Tobias Grey, Air Mail, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Chubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chubby. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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