tubby
[ tuhb-ee ]
adjective,tub·bi·er, tub·bi·est.
short and fat: a tubby child.
having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance.
Origin of tubby
1Other words from tubby
- tub·bi·ness, noun
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How to use tubby in a sentence
The other was a smaller and tubbier man, pleasant to look upon, a man evidently who lived for and by good eating and drinking.
Patsy | S. R. Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for tubby
tubby
/ (ˈtʌbɪ) /
adjective-bier or -biest
plump
shaped like a tub
rare having little resonance
Derived forms of tubby
- tubbiness, noun
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