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Origin and Etymology of roly-poly
roly-poly Synonyms
Synonyms
blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, replete, rotund, round, tubby;
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;
Related Words
beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty;
Definition of roly-poly
First Known Use of roly-poly
1836
ROLY-POLY Defined for English Language Learners
roly-poly
Definition of roly-poly for English Language Learners
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: a sweet dough that is spread with jam, rolled up, and baked or steamed
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