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ALL meanings of fat chance

fat chance
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  • adjective fat chance having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 1
  • adjective fat chance plump; well-fed: a good, fat chicken. 1
  • adjective fat chance consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily: fat gravy; fat meat. 1
  • adjective fat chance profitable, as an office: a fat job on the city commission. 1
  • adjective fat chance affording good opportunities, especially for gain: a fat business contract. 1
  • adjective fat chance wealthy; prosperous; rich: He grew fat on dishonest profits. 1
  • adjective fat chance big, broad, or extended; thick: a fat sheaf of bills. 1
  • adjective fat chance plentiful; abundant: a fat supply of food. 1
  • adjective fat chance plentifully supplied: a fat larder; a fat feast. 1
  • adjective fat chance dull; stupid: fat clumsiness of manner. 1
  • adjective fat chance abounding in a particular element: Fat pine is rich in resin. 1
  • adjective fat chance (of paint) having more oil than pigment. Compare lean2 (def 6). 1
  • adjective fat chance (of coal) highly bituminous; rich in volatile hydrocarbons. 1
  • adjective fat chance Ceramics. long1 (def 25). 1
  • adjective fat chance fertile, as land: Everything grows in this fat soil. 1
  • noun fat chance any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking. 1
  • noun fat chance animal tissue containing much of this substance; loose flesh; flabbiness: to have rolls of fat around one's waist. 1
  • noun fat chance the richest or best part of anything. 1
  • noun fat chance obesity; corpulence: In his later years, he inclined to fat. 1
  • noun fat chance Slang. especially profitable or advantageous work. 1
  • noun fat chance an overabundance or excess; superfluity. 1
  • noun fat chance action or lines in a dramatic part that permit an actor to display abilities. 1
  • noun fat chance Also, phat. Also called lift. Typesetting. matter that can be composed easily and profitably, especially from standing type, illustrations, or the like: fat work. Compare lean2 (def 11). 1
  • idioms fat chance a fat chance, Slang. a very slight chance; small probability: A fat chance he has of winning the title! 1
  • idioms fat chance a fat lot, Slang. little or not at all: A fat lot they care about anyone else's troubles! 1
  • idioms fat chance chew the fat. chew (def 11). 1
  • idioms fat chance the fat is in the fire, an irrevocable action or chain of events has been started; the die is cast: Now that they have been given an ultimatum, the fat is in the fire. the decision, whether good or bad, has been made. the crisis is imminent. 1
  • idioms fat chance the fat of the land, the best or richest of anything obtainable: to live on the fat of the land. 1
  • noun fat chance (Idiomatic) COL (sarcastic) Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success. 0
  • phrase fat chance If you say that there is fat chance of something happening, you mean that you do not believe that it will happen. 0
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