butterball
Americannoun
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Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
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Informal. a chubby person.
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an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.
noun
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another name for bufflehead
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informal a chubby or fat person
Etymology
Origin of butterball
Example Sentences
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“You were a little butterball when you were a baby. You had these chubby cheeks that I swear I could’ve kissed all day. It only felt right to call you pumpkin.”
From Literature
Now, scientists, park rangers and others are out to catch the wild butterball.
From Washington Post
“I was kind of a little butterball in that one. Well, I’m string cheese now, but he’ll probably think I’m cream cheese, I hope,” she said with a wink.
From Los Angeles Times
“I love the state of Iowa,” Mr. Trump said, by way of buttering up the home of the butterballs.
From New York Times
Along with the chicken flautas, she copied out recipes for pecan butterball cookies, fresh applesauce, and leek and potato soup, among others.
From New York Times
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