butterball
A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarineA round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
» Rigorous controls also exist for turkey production at Butterball Turkey LLC, which says the regulations are ingrained in how they produce food.
Meaning
3 sensesA round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
(derogatory, humorous, slang)An overweight person.
A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.
small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
Examples
1 sentencesRigorous controls also exist for turkey production at Butterball Turkey LLC, which says the regulations are ingrained in how they produce food.
Origin
From butter + ball.From butter + ball.
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Forms
plural: butterballs| Singular | butterball |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage:buffleheaddipperBucephela albeola
- a rotund individual:fatsofattyfat personroly-poly