roly-polyadjective
uk/ˌrəʊ.liˈpəʊ.li/us/ˌroʊ.liˈpoʊ.li/informal humorous(of a person) short and round:
He was a roly-poly little man.
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Animal physiology: fat or well-built
- ample
- baby fat
- beefy
- blubber
- broad in the beam idiom
- buxom
- chubby
- dumpy
- fatness
- fatten sb/sth up
- fatty
- heavyset
- husky
- meaty
- middle-age spread
- obesity
- pudgy
- puppy fat
- rotund
- well built
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roly-polynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌrəʊ.liˈpəʊ.li/us/ˌroʊ.liˈpoʊ.li/also roly-poly pudding informal humorous UKa sweet dish made with thick pastry that is spread with jam, rolled up, and cooked:
jam roly-poly
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Puddings, desserts & ices
- baked Alaska
- baklava
- banana split
- banoffee pie
- blancmange
- Eton mess
- flan
- fool
- fruit salad
- granita
- peach Melba
- plum pudding
- Popsicle
- pudding
- rice pudding
- syllabub
- tapioca
- tiramisù
- trifle
- water ice
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