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chubbily

[chuhb-ee] Origin

chub·by

[chuhb-ee]
adjective, -bi·er, -bi·est.
round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.

Origin:
1605–15; chub + -y1

chub·bi·ly, adverb
chub·bi·ness, noun


pudgy, heavy, fleshy, roly-poly.


lean, svelte, thin, skinny.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Word Origin & History

chubby
1611, from chub (q.v.) the short, thick fish used as bait, used metaphorically for "lazy person" since 1558; perhaps influenced by O.N. kumba "log," kumben "stumpy."
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chub(by) definition


  1. n.
    an erection. (Usually objectionable.) : He always gets a chubby when he doesn't need it and never when he does.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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