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[ tuhb-ee ] / ˈtʌb i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tubby ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, tub·bi·er, tub·bi·est.short and fat: a tubby child. having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance. Origin of tubbyFirst recorded in 1800–10; tub + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM tubbytub·bi·ness, nounWords nearby tubbytubal, Tubal-cain, tubal ligation, tubal pregnancy, tubate, tubby, tub chair, tube, tube cell, tubectomy, tubed flap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tubbyRemember the first Walkman, introduced in 1979, with its tubby buttons and workmanlike profile. Space Shuttle Enterprise: Flashback to an Icon of ‘70s Design|Blake Gopnik|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST Gazing toward Stonington Hunt, Tubby saw that the man held a revolver in his hand. The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp|John Henry Goldfrap Tubby was the first to give these disquieting thoughts words. The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal|John Henry Goldfrap Better curb that fierce thirst of yours for a minute or two, Tubby, while we watch what's passing. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields|Lieut. Howard Payson
They heard one of the girls calling, and Tubby 236 lumbered around to see Frankie gesticulating from the window. Wyn's Camping Days|Amy Bell Marlowe At first Tubby thought that they were those of some of the party in the cave who had come out to see what had become of them. The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp|John Henry Goldfrap
British Dictionary definitions for tubby
adjective -bier or -biestplump shaped like a tub rare having little resonance Derived forms of tubbytubbiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tubbybeefy, big, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, burly, chubby, chunky, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, large, obese, overweight |