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tubby

[tuhb-ee] Origin

tub·by

[tuhb-ee]
adjective, tub·bi·er, tub·bi·est.
1.
short and fat: a tubby child.
2.
having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance.

Origin:
1800–10; tub + -y1

tub·bi·ness, noun
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tubby (ˈtʌbɪ)
 
adj , -bier, -biest
1.  plump
2.  shaped like a tub
3.  rare having little resonance
 
'tubbiness
 
n

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tubby
"shaped like a tub, corpulent," 1835, from tub. The noun meaning "a fat person" is attested from 1891.
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