ALL meanings of fat lot
fat lot
F f - adjective fat lot having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 1
- adjective fat lot plump; well-fed: a good, fat chicken. 1
- adjective fat lot consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily: fat gravy; fat meat. 1
- adjective fat lot profitable, as an office: a fat job on the city commission. 1
- adjective fat lot affording good opportunities, especially for gain: a fat business contract. 1
- adjective fat lot wealthy; prosperous; rich: He grew fat on dishonest profits. 1
- adjective fat lot big, broad, or extended; thick: a fat sheaf of bills. 1
- adjective fat lot plentiful; abundant: a fat supply of food. 1
- adjective fat lot plentifully supplied: a fat larder; a fat feast. 1
- adjective fat lot dull; stupid: fat clumsiness of manner. 1
- adjective fat lot abounding in a particular element: Fat pine is rich in resin. 1
- adjective fat lot (of paint) having more oil than pigment. Compare lean2 (def 6). 1
- adjective fat lot (of coal) highly bituminous; rich in volatile hydrocarbons. 1
- adjective fat lot Ceramics. long1 (def 25). 1
- adjective fat lot fertile, as land: Everything grows in this fat soil. 1
- noun fat lot 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 lot animal tissue containing much of this substance; loose flesh; flabbiness: to have rolls of fat around one's waist. 1
- noun fat lot the richest or best part of anything. 1
- noun fat lot obesity; corpulence: In his later years, he inclined to fat. 1
- noun fat lot Slang. especially profitable or advantageous work. 1
- noun fat lot an overabundance or excess; superfluity. 1
- noun fat lot action or lines in a dramatic part that permit an actor to display abilities. 1
- noun fat lot 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 lot a fat chance, Slang. a very slight chance; small probability: A fat chance he has of winning the title! 1
- idioms fat lot a fat lot, Slang. little or not at all: A fat lot they care about anyone else's troubles! 1
- idioms fat lot chew the fat. chew (def 11). 1
- idioms fat lot 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 lot the fat of the land, the best or richest of anything obtainable: to live on the fat of the land. 1