chubbyadj.
/ˈtʃʌbi/, U.S. /ˈtʃəbi/ a. Short and thick, dumpy like a chub. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad
short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Raccourci,..compacted; chubbie, short and strong.
1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 207 A small sized, chubby, rugged little horse.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (E.D.S.) Chubby, thickset.
b. Applied to ground: ? = lumpy, hummocky.
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1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 14) 919 Cushi runnes apace, but through chubby and rough grounds.
2.
a. Round-faced; plump and well-rounded.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump
fatc893
frimOE
fullOE
overfatOE
greatOE
bald1297
roundc1300
encorsivea1340
fattishc1369
fleshyc1369
fleshlyc1374
repletea1398
largec1405
corsious1430
corpulentc1440
corsyc1440
fulsome1447
portlyc1487
corporate1509
foggy fata1529
corsive1530
foggish?1537
plump1545
fatty1552
fleshful1552
pubble1566
plum1570
pursy1576
well-fleshed1576
gross?1577
fog1582
forfatted1586
gulchy1598
bouksome1600
fat-fed1607
meatified1607
chuff1609
plumpya1616
bloat1638
blowze-like1647
obese1651
jollya1661
bloated1664
chubbed1674
pluffya1689
puffya1689
pussy1688
sappy1694
crummy1718
chubby1722
fodgel1724
well-padded1737
beefy1743
plumpish1753
pudsy1754
rotund1762
portable1770
lusty1777
roundabout1787
well-cushioned1802
plenitudinous1803
stout1804
embonpointc1806
roly-poly1808
adipose1810
roll-about1815
foggy1817
poddy1823
porky1828
hide-blown1834
tubby1835
stoutish1836
tubbish1836
superfatted1841
pottle-bodied1842
pincushiony1851
opulent1882
well-covered1884
well-upholstered1886
butterball1888
endomorphic1888
tisty-tosty1888
pachyntic1890
barrel-bodied1894
overweight1899
pussy-gutted1906
upholstered1924
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]
flatc1400
hardc1400
low-cheeredc1400
large?a1425
ruscledc1440
well-visagedc1440
platter-faced1533
well-faced1534
full-faced1543
fair-faced1553
bright-faceda1560
crab-faced1563
crab-snouted1563
crab-tree-faced1563
long-visaged1584
owlya1586
wainscot-faced1588
flaberkin1592
rough-hewn1593
angel-faced1594
round-faced1594
crab-favoured1596
rugged1596
weasel-faced1596
rough-faced1598
half-faced1600
chitty1601
lenten-faced1604
broad-faced1607
dog-faced1607
weaselled-faced1607
wry-faced1607
maid-faced1610
warp-faced1611
ill-faceda1616
lean-faceda1616
old-faceda1616
moon-faced1619
monkey-faced1620
chitty-face1622
chitty-faceda1627
lean-chapt1629
antic-faced1635
bloat-faced1638
bacon-facea1640
blue-faced1640
hatchet-faced1648
grave1650
lean-jawed1679
smock-faced1684
lean-visaged1686
flaber1687
baby-faced1692
splatter-faced1707
chubby1722
puggy1722
block-faced1751
haggard-looking1756
long-faced1762
haggardly1763
fresh-faced1766
dough-faced1773
pudding-faced1777
baby-featured1780
fat-faced1782
haggard1787
weazen-face1794
keen1798
ferret-like1801
lean-cheeked1812
mulberry-faced1812
open-faced1813
open-countenanced1819
chiselled1821
hatchety1821
misfeatured1822
terse1824
weazen-faced1824
mahogany-faced1825
clock-faced1827
sharp1832
sensual1833
beef-faced1838
weaselly1838
ferret-faced1840
sensuous1843
rat-faced1844
recedent1849
neat-faced1850
cherubimical1854
pinch-faced1859
cherubic1860
frownya1861
receding1866
weak1882
misfeaturing1885
platopic1885
platyopic1885
pro-opic1885
wind-splitting1890
falcon-face1891
blunt-featured1916
bun-faced1927
fish-faced1963
1722 Daily Post 19 Mar. A fat, chubby boy, aged about 20 or thereabouts.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman iii. 105 Health and innocence smile on their chubby cheeks.
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 92 The very chubbiest and rosiest boy in the world.
1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. lxxxv. 51 A sow and her chubby pigs.
b. transferred.
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1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 157 A chubby street-door knocker, half-lion, half-monkey.
1882 Harper's Mag. Apr. 645 With borders of chubby shade trees and shrubbery.
Compounds
chubby-faced, chubby-headed adjs.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having
blob-cheeked1552
bright-cheekeda1560
plum-cheeked1598
chub-faced1602
white-cheekedc1602
chuffy1611
lantern-jawed1699
lockram-jawed1699
blubber-cheeked1711
chub-cheeked1715
lank-jawed1778
apple-faced1781
chubby-faced1826
apple-cheeked1827
lank-cheeked1838
bag-cheeked1839
poke-cheeked1843
maiden-cheeked1866
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 346 The chubby-faced Pickle.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (E.D.S.) Chubby-headed, having a short, broad head like a bull.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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