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- [roh-lee-poh-lee, -poh-lee]
- /ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, -ˌpoʊ li/
- /ˌrəʊ.liˈpəʊ.li/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roh-lee-poh-lee, -poh-lee]
- /ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, -ˌpoʊ li/
Definitions of roly-poly word
- adjective roly-poly short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal. 1
- noun plural roly-poly a roly-poly person or thing. 1
- noun plural roly-poly Chiefly British. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked. 1
- adjective roly-poly Roly-poly people are pleasantly fat and round. 0
- adjective roly-poly plump, buxom, or rotund 0
- noun roly-poly a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding 0
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Origin of roly-poly
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; earlier rowle powle, rowly-powly worthless fellow, game involving rolling balls, rhyming compound based on roll (v.); for second element cf. poll1
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Parts of speech for Roly-poly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
roly-poly popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for roly-poly
adj roly-poly
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- butterball — a chubby or fat person
- chubby — A chubby person is rather fat.
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- dumpy — short and stout; squat: a dumpy figure.
adjective roly-poly
- embonpoint — The plump or fleshy part of a person’s body, in particular a woman’s bosom.
- whalelike — Resembling a whale or some aspect of one.
- zaftig — (of a woman) having a pleasantly plump figure.
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