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ALL meanings of fats

fats
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  • noun fats Plural form of fat. 1
  • noun fats Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer. 1
  • adjective fats having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 1
  • adjective fats plump; well-fed: a good, fat chicken. 1
  • adjective fats consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily: fat gravy; fat meat. 1
  • adjective fats profitable, as an office: a fat job on the city commission. 1
  • adjective fats affording good opportunities, especially for gain: a fat business contract. 1
  • adjective fats wealthy; prosperous; rich: He grew fat on dishonest profits. 1
  • adjective fats big, broad, or extended; thick: a fat sheaf of bills. 1
  • adjective fats plentiful; abundant: a fat supply of food. 1
  • adjective fats plentifully supplied: a fat larder; a fat feast. 1
  • adjective fats dull; stupid: fat clumsiness of manner. 1
  • adjective fats abounding in a particular element: Fat pine is rich in resin. 1
  • adjective fats (of paint) having more oil than pigment. Compare lean2 (def 6). 1
  • adjective fats (of coal) highly bituminous; rich in volatile hydrocarbons. 1
  • adjective fats Ceramics. long1 (def 25). 1
  • adjective fats fertile, as land: Everything grows in this fat soil. 1
  • idioms fats a fat chance, Slang. a very slight chance; small probability: A fat chance he has of winning the title! 1
  • idioms fats a fat lot, Slang. little or not at all: A fat lot they care about anyone else's troubles! 1
  • idioms fats chew the fat. chew (def 11). 1
  • idioms fats 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 fats the fat of the land, the best or richest of anything obtainable: to live on the fat of the land. 1
  • noun fats plural of fat. 0
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