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butterball
[ buht-er-bawl ]
noun
- Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
- Informal. a chubby person.
- an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.
butterball
/ ˈbʌtəˌbɔːl /
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Origin of butterball1
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Example Sentences
The butterball shape, she says, helps conserve necessary moisture by keeping the ratio of surface area to volume low.
From Popular-Science
It was black-and-white-spotted and fat as a butterball, she and the little Bococks bragged.
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