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flab

[ flab ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

flabby flesh; unwanted fat:
Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist.
the condition of being flabby:
Most of the new recruits had run to flab in civilian life.

flab

/ flæb /

Origin of flab¹

First recorded in 1920–25; back formation from flabby

Origin of flab¹

C20: back formation from flabby

Army of the Dead’s chief flaw is that it’s just too long—too much of its muscle and bone is obscured by flab.

From Time

The flab that you actually want to lose is fat, and that will only come off to the extent that you cut calories from what you eat.

Flabby, flab′i, adj. easily moved: soft, yielding: hanging loose.

He's as brown as a gipsy and not an ounce of flab about him.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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