adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃʌbi/
[ˈt͡ʃhʌ̈bi]
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Ireland, Northern-England:/ˈt͡ʃʊbi/without the foot-strut split
Ireland, Northern-England:[ˈt͡ʃhʊbi]without the foot-strut split
rhymes with -ʌbi
CMU ARPABET:CH AH1 B IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy, tubby, portly
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A chubby, plump person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A chubby, plump person.
An overweight or obese gay man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: LGBT
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A type of thickly-padded fur jacket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a chubby child
pleasingly plump
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: embonpoint, plump
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Recorded since 1611, from chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), equivalent to chub + -y. Cognate with dialectal Swedish kubbug (“fat, plump, chubby”). More at chub.
Across languages
Translations
97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
թմբլիկ
(tʻmblik)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Azerbaijani:
çağ
— of a person, somewhat fat
Azerbaijani:
dolğun
— of a person, somewhat fat
Azerbaijani:
ətli-canlı
— of a person, somewhat fat
Azerbaijani:
toppuş
— of a person, somewhat fat
Azerbaijani:
koppuş
— of a person, somewhat fat
Bulgarian:
пухкав
(puhkav)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Catalan:
grassonet
— of a person, somewhat fat
Catalan:
grosset
— of a person, somewhat fat
Chinese Mandarin:
豐滿 /丰满
(fēngmǎn)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Dutch:
mollig
— of a person, somewhat fat
Dutch:
volslank
— of a person, somewhat fat
Esperanto:
diketa
— of a person, somewhat fat
Finnish:
pullea
— of a person, somewhat fat
Finnish:
pulska
— of a person, somewhat fat
French:
potelé
— of a person, somewhat fat
French:
dodu
— of a person, somewhat fat
Galician:
repoludo
— of a person, somewhat fat
German:
mollig
— of a person, somewhat fat
Hebrew:
שְׁמַנְמַן
(sh'manmán)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Italian:
grassoccio
— of a person, somewhat fat
Italian:
cicciuto
— of a person, somewhat fat
Italian:
paffutello
— of a person, somewhat fat
Japanese:
ぽってり
(potteri)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Japanese:
ぽちゃぽちゃ
(pochapocha)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Macedonian:
на́леан
(nálean)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Macedonian:
ту́нтурест
(túnturest)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Macedonian:
по́лничок
(pólničok)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Macedonian:
дебе́личок
(debéličok)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Macedonian:
ши́шкав
(šíškav)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Macedonian:
по́лникав
(pólnikav)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Māori:
māretireti
— of a person, somewhat fat
Māori:
pukunati
— of a person, somewhat fat
Māori:
makune
— of a person, somewhat fat
Norwegian Bokmål:
lubben
— of a person, somewhat fat
Norwegian Bokmål:
fetladen
— of a person, somewhat fat
Persian:
تپل
(topol)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Persian:
کپل
(kopol)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Persian:
لنبه
(lonbe)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Plautdietsch:
druglich
— of a person, somewhat fat
Polish:
pulchny
— of a person, somewhat fat
Polish:
pyzaty
— of a person, somewhat fat
Portuguese:
rechonchudo
— of a person, somewhat fat
Portuguese:
gorducho
— of a person, somewhat fat
Portuguese:
roliço
— of a person, somewhat fat
Romanian:
plinuț
— of a person, somewhat fat
Romanian:
grăsuț
— of a person, somewhat fat
Romanian:
durduliu
— of a person, somewhat fat
Romanian:
rotunjor
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
пу́хленький
(púxlenʹkij)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
пу́хлый
(púxlyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
круглоли́цый
(kruglolícyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
полнощёкий
(polnoščókij)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
упи́танный
(upítannyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
то́лстый
(tólstyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
пуза́тый
(puzátyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
корена́стый
(korenástyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Russian:
то́лстенький
(tólstenʹkij)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Spanish:
gordito
— of a person, somewhat fat
Spanish:
rellenito
— of a person, somewhat fat
Spanish:
metido en carnes
— of a person, somewhat fat
Spanish:
entrado en carnes
— of a person, somewhat fat
Spanish:
llenito
— of a person, somewhat fat
Swedish:
knubbig
— of a person, somewhat fat
Swedish:
mullig
— of a person, somewhat fat
Tày:
bẻo bựt
— of a person, somewhat fat
Thai:
เจ้าเนื้อ
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
semiz
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
etli butlu
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
şişman
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
besili
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
yağlı
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
etli
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
dolgun
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
balıketli
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
etine dolgun
— of a person, somewhat fat
Turkish:
tombul
— of a person, somewhat fat
Ukrainian:
круглоли́ций
(kruhlolýcyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Ukrainian:
круглови́дий
(kruhlovýdyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Ukrainian:
повнощо́кий
(povnoščókyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Ukrainian:
повнови́дий
(povnovýdyj)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Uyghur:
ئەتلىك
(etlik)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Uyghur:
سېمىز
(sëmiz)
— of a person, somewhat fat
Bulgarian:
закръглен
(zakrǎglen)
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
Dutch:
mollig
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
Finnish:
pullea
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
French:
dodu
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
French:
potelé
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
Italian:
paffuto
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
Italian:
pienotto
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
Spanish:
morcillón
— of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat
