Tubby meaning

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Short and plump.
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Shaped like a tub.
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Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.

A tubby violin.

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(pejorative, slang, often used teasingly) An overweight person.
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Having a rounded shape.

A tubby fishing boat.

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Having a dull sound; lacking resonance.
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Fat and short.
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Origin of tubby

  • From tub +"Ž -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
    From Wiktionary

Tubby Sentence Examples

  • tubby bald men were cute!

  • tubby tummy and lost sight of your twinkle toes?

  • There's nothing wrong with that, but you'll also meet some tubby beasts who like to spit mud/vomit/pee-whatever it is that will burn you.

  • tubby bitch.

  • I've seen pictures of really quite tubby men merrily lifting themselves up on these things, that's like doing a half pull-up!

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