puppy fat

noun

1. fatty tissue that develops in childhood or adolescence and usually disappears by maturity

Example Sentences

A keen skier, snowboarder and BMX biker, she was something of a "tomboy", who by the time she went to high school was being teased for her "puppy fat".

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While every child develops differently, healthy puppy fat generally ends with toddlerhood.

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I ate very well as a kid, which is why I had puppy fat for too many years.

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Wawrinka has won their previous three matches; Murray hasn’t beaten him since London 2012, when the Swiss was a slightly chubbier animal, still to rid himself of his puppy fat.

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She's swapped puppy fat and pigtails for make-up and hair straighteners and never looked back...

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