adj
Meaning 1
stout, rotund
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tubby
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtʌbi/
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Ireland, Northern-England: /ˈstʊbi/
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rhymes with -ʌbi
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CMU ARPABET: T AH1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling a tub
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a tubby violin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An overweight person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, often, slang
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
short and plump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дундест (dundest) — stout, rotund
- Bulgarian: тантурест (tanturest) — stout, rotund
- Catalan: rabassut — stout, rotund
- French: dodu — stout, rotund
- French: rondelet — stout, rotund
- German: moppelig — stout, rotund
- German: pummelig — stout, rotund
- German: rundlich — stout, rotund
- German: dick — stout, rotund
- Hungarian: köpcös — stout, rotund
- Māori: kunekune — stout, rotund
- Māori: takapū — stout, rotund
- Māori: pukunati — stout, rotund
- Polish: baryłkowaty — stout, rotund
- Spanish: gordito — stout, rotund
- German: fassartig — resembling a tub
- German: bauchig — resembling a tub
- German: dumpf — sounding dull
- German: Dickerchen — an overweight person