butterball

[buht-er-bawl]

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noun

Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.

Informal. a chubby person.

an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.

Origin of butterball

First recorded in 1930–35; butter + ball¹

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Related Words for butterball

portly, flabby, chunky, pudgy, stout, plump, bulky, obese, inflated, bulging, hefty, large, big, heavy, meaty, gross, bull, solid, broad, lard

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Historical Examples of butterball

It was black-and-white-spotted and fat as a butterball, she and the little Bococks bragged.
Blue Ridge Country
Jean Thomas

British Dictionary definitions for butterball

butterball

noun US

another name for bufflehead

informal, derogatory a chubby or fat person

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