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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ro•ly-po•ly /ˈroʊliˈpoʊli, -ˌpoʊli/USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -lies. adj. - short and plumply round.
n. [countable] - a short, plumply round person or thing.
- British Terms, Food[Chiefly Brit.]a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, rolled up and steamed or baked.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ro•ly-po•ly (rō′lē pō′lē, -pō′lē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -lies. adj. - short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal.
n. - a roly-poly person or thing.
- British Terms, Food[Chiefly Brit.]a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked.
- 1595–1605; earlier rowle powle, rowly-powly worthless fellow, game involving rolling balls, rhyming compound based on roll (verb, verbal); for second element compare poll1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fat, rotund, pudgy.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scrawny.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: roly-poly /ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ/ adj - plump, buxom, or rotund
n ( pl -lies)- Brit a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding
Etymology: 17th Century: apparently by reduplication from roly, from roll |