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View synonyms for butterball

butterball

[ buht-er-bawl ]

noun

  1. Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
  2. Informal. a chubby person.
  3. an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.

butterball

/ ˈbʌtəˌbɔːl /

noun

  1. See bufflehead
    another name for bufflehead
  2. informal.
    a chubby or fat person

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Word History and Origins

Origin of butterball1

First recorded in 1930–35; butter + ball 1

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Example Sentences

It was black-and-white-spotted and fat as a butterball, she and the little Bococks bragged.

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