tubby

[ tuhb-ee ]
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adjective,tub·bi·er, tub·bi·est.
  1. short and fat: a tubby child.

  2. having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance.

Origin of tubby

1
First recorded in 1800–10; tub + -y1

Other 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
  1. plump

  2. shaped like a tub

  1. rare having little resonance

Derived forms of tubby

  • tubbiness, noun

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