chubby
/ˈt͡ʃɐ̞bi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
Example Sentences
- "Obviously the chubby child was eating too much."
- "Slowly Skye wrapped her arms around the chubby woman's frame and rested her head on Rita's chest drenched with perspiration."
- "It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks."
- "The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down."
- "Today there is no color or fabric that is out for girl or teen chubbies. Plaids, big, bold block designs, dark or light grounds, heavy textured wools, fleeces and brilliant colors of red, kelly or green, odd or off shades of rust, lavender, and other colors in the fashion cycle are now adapted in designing. Designers themselves have learned that the chubby is more truly eager for a fashionable dress[…]"
- "The chubby is the girl who cannot be fitted in the regular 7 to 14 size range because she is too stout. Sizes for these girls are 7*4 to 141/^, and are specially styled and designed to give them better proportions."
Etymology
Recorded since 1611, from chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), equivalent to chub + -y. Cognate with dialectal Swedish kubbug (“fat, plump, chubby”). More at chub.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃɐ̞bi/