chubby – Wiktionary

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Recorded since 1611, from chub (“quick, thick fish species used as bait”; used metaphorically since 1558 for “lazy individual”), an assibilated type of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Center English *cubbe (discovered solely in by-product cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Outdated Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Outdated Norse kumben (“stumpy”), equal to chub +‎ -y. Cognate with dialectal Swedish kubbug (“fats, plump, chubby”). Extra at chub.

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chubby (comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)

1. Of an individual: barely chubby, considerably fats, and therefore plump, rounded, and delicate.

   Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy, tubby

   Clearly the chubby little one was consuming an excessive amount of.

   • 2010, Marsha Hubler, The Lengthy Experience House, Zonderkidz (→ISBN), web page 97:

     Slowly Skye wrapped her arms across the chubby lady’s body and rested her head on Rita’s chest drenched with perspiration.

2. Of a physique half: containing a reasonable quantity of fats.

   Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy

   It’s fairly regular for infants to have chubby cheeks.

   • 1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, OCLC 1320657, web page 1:

     The servant to whom he put this query was a younger fellow with chubby cheeks, small, boring eyes, and a spherical chin, coated with a colorless down.

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chubby (plural chubbies)

1. A chubby, plump individual
   • 1949, R. Duffy Lewis, Dorothy Stote, How one can construct an toddler’s, ladies’ and teenagers’ put on enterprise: a guide for retailers and potential store homeowners

     The chubby is the lady who can’t be fitted within the common 7 to 14 measurement vary as a result of she is simply too stout. Sizes for these ladies are 7*four to 141/^, and are specifically styled and designed to present them higher proportions.

   • 2007, Jackie Guerra, Beneath Development: How I’ve Gained and Misplaced Tens of millions of {Dollars} and A whole lot of Kilos, New Amer Library (→ISBN)

     The chubby is particularly taken as a right: “Hey, are you able to watch my purse whereas I dance?”

2. (LGBT slang) An chubby or overweight homosexual man.
3. (slang) A penile erection, particularly when quick and with a big circumference; a boner.

   Hey, Lucius, I simply needed to share a chunk of non-public data with you. I’ve received a… a chubby proper now as a result of [starts screaming] This is likely one of the most superior experiences of my life!—Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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