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butterball

[ buht-er-bawl ]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌbɔl /
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noun

Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
Informal. a chubby person.
an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.

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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

butter up, butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, butter-and-egg man, butter-and-eggs, butter-fingered, butterball, butterbread, butterbur, buttercream, buttercup, buttercup family

Origin of butterball

First recorded in 1930–35; butter + ball1
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Examples 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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