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tubby
[
tuhb
-ee
]
Origin
tub·by
/
ˈtʌb
i
/
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[
tuhb
-ee
]
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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
+
-y
1
Related forms
tub·bi·ness,
noun
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World English Dictionary
tubby
(ˈtʌbɪ)
—
adj
,
-bier
,
-biest
1.
plump
2.
shaped like a tub
3.
rare
having little resonance
'tubbiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
tubby
"shaped like a tub, corpulent," 1835, from
tub
. The noun meaning "a fat person" is attested from 1891.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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