chubby
Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and softOf a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Meaning
2 sensesOf a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
mollig
пу́хленькийpúxlenʹkij, пу́хлыйpúxlyj, круглоли́цыйkruglolícyj
круглоли́цийkruhlolýcyj, круглови́дийkruhlovýdyj, повнощо́кийpovnoščókyj
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
- sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
Examples
79 sentencesI'm a bit chubby.
Я трохи повнуватий. — deniko
Tom is chubby.
Том повновидний. — deniko
ruТом упитанный. — odexed
deTom ist ein Pummel. — wolfgangth
Tom said that Mary was chubby.
Tom is chubby, but Mary isn't.
deTom ist ein Pummel, Maria aber nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I know that Tom is chubby.
Translations
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Origin
Recorded since 1611, from chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphoricaRecorded 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.
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Forms
chubbier, chubbiestSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
3 patterns- a bit chubby
- kind of chubby
- bit chubby