butterball
[ buht-er-bawl ]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌbɔl /
noun
Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
Informal. a chubby person.
an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.
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Words nearby butterball
butte, butt end, butter, butter-and-egg man, butter-and-eggs, butterball, butter bean, butterbread, butter brickle, butterbur, butter clam
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Example sentences from the Web for 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
/ (ˈbʌtəˌbɔːl) /
noun US
another name for bufflehead
informal, derogatory a chubby or fat person
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