Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tubby

/ˈtʌbi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: tub-by
IPA: /ˈtʌbi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Resembling a tub

adj

sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.

noun

An overweight person.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while."
"The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes."
"a tubby violin"

Etymology

From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tub

Usage

Inflected Forms

tubbier (comparative) tubbiest (superlative) tubbies (plural)

Derived Forms

tubbily tubbiness tubbo Teletubby

Synonyms

dumpy podgy pudgy roly-poly

Rhymes With

chubby hubby grubby stubby scrubby dubey shrubby clubby cubby bubby subby bubbe

Questions

How do you pronounce tubby?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌbi/.
What does tubby mean?: stout, rotund
Where does tubby come from?: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.

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