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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuhb-ee]
- /ˈtʌb i/
- /ˈtʌb.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuhb-ee]
- /ˈtʌb i/
Definitions of tubby word
- adjective tubby short and fat: a tubby child. 1
- adjective tubby having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance. 1
- adjective tubby having a fat tummy 1
- adjective tubby If you describe someone as tubby, you mean that they are rather fat. 0
- adjective tubby plump 0
- adjective tubby shaped like a tub 0
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Origin of tubby
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; tub + -y1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tubby
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tubby popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
tubby usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tubby
adj tubby
- 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 tubby
- embonpoint — The plump or fleshy part of a person’s body, in particular a woman’s bosom.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- zaftig — (of a woman) having a pleasantly plump figure.
noun tubby
- fatness — the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
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