chubby – Wiktionary

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Etymology

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Recorded 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.

Pronunciation

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• enPR:

  chŭbʹē

  , IPA(key):

  /ˈt͡ʃʌbi/

• Audio (AU)
• Audio (US)
• Rhymes:

  -ʌbi

Adjective

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chubby (comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)

Derived terms

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Translations

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of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat

• Bulgarian: закръглен(bg)

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  zakrǎglen

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• Dutch: mollig(nl)
• Finnish: pullea(fi)
• French: dodu(fr)

  m

  , potelé(fr)

  m

• Italian: paffuto(it)pienotto
• Spanish: morcillón(es)

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• Hebrew: (please verify) שמנמן

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  shmanman

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  (please verify) שמנמנה

  f

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  shmanmana

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Noun

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chubby (plural chubbies)

1. A chubby, plump person
   • 1949, R. Duffy Lewis, Dorothy Stote, How to build an infant’s, girls’ and teens’ wear business: a manual for retailers and prospective shop owners

     The chubby is the girl who cannot be fitted in the regular 7 to 14 size range because she is too stout. Sizes for these girls are 7*4 to 141/^, and are specially styled and designed to give them better proportions.

   • 2007, Jackie Guerra, Under Construction: How I’ve Gained and Lost Millions of Dollars and Hundreds of Pounds, New Amer Library (→ISBN)

     The chubby is especially taken for granted: “Hey, can you watch my purse while I dance?”

2. (

   LGBT slang

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   An overweight or obese gay man.

3. (

   slang

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   A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.

   Hey, Lucius, I just wanted to share a piece of personal information with you. I’ve got a… a chubby right now because [starts screaming] This is one of the most awesome experiences of my life!—Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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chubby person

• Armenian: թմբլիկ(hy)

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  tʿmblik

  )

• Dutch: dikkerdje(nl)

  n

• Finnish: pullukka(fi)

• French: dodu(fr)

  m

• German: Dickerchen

  n

• Maori: pukunati

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