noun
Etymology
Origin of flab
First recorded in 1920–25; back formation from flabby
Example Sentences
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Guy spends his summer transforming his body from flab to fighting trim.
From Los Angeles Times
The series has been described as a political thriller, but it’s got so much flab and filler that it seems ideologically opposed to the very idea of suspense.
From Washington Post
And this is why his movies have one of the lowest B.M.I.s in the action business: He cuts the flab.
From New York Times
And that makes me wonder whether this particular sandwich cookie is worth the extra time and narrative flab.
From Salon
They haven’t had to campaign much for our votes — but the Newsom recall will expose their electoral flab and weak muscles.
From Los Angeles Times
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