tubby
English
Etymology
From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʌbi/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌbi
Adjective
tubby (comparative tubbier, superlative tubbiest)
- stout, rotund
- 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
- 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.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.
- 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
- Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
- a tubby violin
Derived terms
- tubbiness
Translations
stout, rotund
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Noun
tubby (plural tubbies)
- (derogatory, slang, often used teasingly) An overweight person.
Derived terms
- Teletubby