butterballn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtəbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌbɔl/,

/ˈbədərˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, ball n.¹

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + ball n.¹

A. n.

1. A ball of butter; butter moulded into a ball.Recorded earliest in similative use with reference to fat people or animals (cf. sense A. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > ball or pat

print1566

butterball1787

butter pat1790

creamery print1909

1787 A. W. Costigan Sketches Society & Manners Portugal I. xiv. 277 The fat puffing Paymaster tumbled or rather rolled like a butter-ball to the bottom.

1838 Spirit of Times 17 Mar. 37/1 The hogs in his neighborhood have not had a grain of corn for a fortnight, while they are all as fat as butter balls, upon the crows he has killed for them.

1889 Table Talk Jan. 35/2 The butter balls may be handed on one dish, on which are chips of ice.

1892 J. C. Harris On Plantation 58 She wur a fine cow too, ez fat ez a butter-ball.

1919 Good Housek. Sept. 221/1 Odds and ends of untouched butter may be made into butter balls.

1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings ix. 85 One minute quicksilver, next minute butterballs.

2013 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. (Late ed.) d2/4 Twist the cheesecloth and squeeze the ball to extract as much buttermilk as possible. You will be left with a butterball.

a. U.S. The bufflehead duck, Bucephala albeola, which acquires a layer of fat in the autumn.Cf. butter-duck n. at butter n.¹ Compounds 4, butterbox n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Bucephala > bucephala albeola (bufflehead)

buffel duck1732

spirit duck1785

butterbox1806

butterballa1813

marionette1838

bufflehead1858

Scotchman1888

a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 51 Buffel-headed Duck…usually known by the name of the Butter-box, or Butter-ball.

1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting Introd. 16 In the deep water varieties..I shall treat of the..buffle-head or butter-ball.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xiii. 85 Butterballs and scoters paddled up at his approach.

1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 156/2 The lakes afford a great population of water birds—the fantastic loons and grebe, goldeneyes, mergansers, mallards, butterballs, and a host of geese.

2011 A. R. Okamoto & K. Wong Nat. Hist. San Francisco Bay 96 The most diminutive of the bay's native ducks is the Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), also nicknamed the ‘butterball’ or the ‘bumblebee dipper’.

b. colloquial and usually derogatory. A fat person or animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > person having

porknellc1540

porkling1541

porridge belly1580

tallow catch1598

woolsack1598

candle-mine1600

trillibub1600

bauson1607

panguts1617

firkin1630

porker1665

poke pudding1706

pudsy1710

jolluxa1797

fatty1797

fattener1817

rotundity1824

tun-butt1829

stout party1855

pig1858

fatlinga1861

slob1861

bladder of lard1864

butterball1877

lard-bladder1891

jelly-belly1896

tub1897

barrel1909

flop1909

pussy-gut1909

gutbucket1919

Billy Bunter1939

endomorph1940

Fatso1944

slug1959

1877 Monmouth (Illinois) Rev. 26 Jan. Miss Hattie, a regular little butter ball, took the silver spoon.

1892 W. D. Howells Albany Depot ii. 24 She said she was a very respectable-looking old thing—a perfect butter-ball. I suppose she was stout.

1921 C. Wells Ptomaine Street 94 ‘I wish you loved me—.’ ‘I wish I did,’ he returned, honestly, ‘but you are such a butter-ball.’

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Aug. f1 It is practically impossible to tell much about the future racing capabilities of these plump little butterballs who have been fed and groomed to look as dazzling as possible for this sale.

2003 C. Forde Fat Boy Swim i. 9 Useless butterball shouldnae be allowed anywhere near a pitch.

B. adj.

colloquial and usually derogatory. That is a butterball (sense A. 2b); fat.

ΘΚΠ

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

1888 Los Angeles Times 28 Aug. 3/1 The butter-ball editor swelled up with overflowing pride.

1946 L. Hirsch Murder steals Show iii. 30 ‘Are you Charlie Finnglanz, the famous theat'ical producer?’ I said to the little butterball man.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 July vii. 25 By next spring Garfield's butterball visage will adorn greeting cards and party paper goods.

2006 T. Hicks Game of my Life: Alabama xv. 114 I had met Coach Bryant before when I was a little butterball kid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	butterball
释义	butterballn.adj. Brit. /ˈbʌtəbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌbɔl/, /ˈbədərˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, ball n.¹ Etymology: < butter n.¹ + ball n.¹ A. n. 1. A ball of butter; butter moulded into a ball.Recorded earliest in similative use with reference to fat people or animals (cf. sense A. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > ball or pat print1566 butterball1787 butter pat1790 creamery print1909 1787 A. W. Costigan Sketches Society & Manners Portugal I. xiv. 277 The fat puffing Paymaster tumbled or rather rolled like a butter-ball to the bottom. 1838 Spirit of Times 17 Mar. 37/1 The hogs in his neighborhood have not had a grain of corn for a fortnight, while they are all as fat as butter balls, upon the crows he has killed for them. 1889 Table Talk Jan. 35/2 The butter balls may be handed on one dish, on which are chips of ice. 1892 J. C. Harris On Plantation 58 She wur a fine cow too, ez fat ez a butter-ball. 1919 Good Housek. Sept. 221/1 Odds and ends of untouched butter may be made into butter balls. 1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings ix. 85 One minute quicksilver, next minute butterballs. 2013 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. (Late ed.) d2/4 Twist the cheesecloth and squeeze the ball to extract as much buttermilk as possible. You will be left with a butterball. 2. a. U.S. The bufflehead duck, Bucephala albeola, which acquires a layer of fat in the autumn.Cf. butter-duck n. at butter n.¹ Compounds 4, butterbox n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Bucephala > bucephala albeola (bufflehead) buffel duck1732 spirit duck1785 butterbox1806 butterballa1813 marionette1838 bufflehead1858 Scotchman1888 a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 51 Buffel-headed Duck…usually known by the name of the Butter-box, or Butter-ball. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting Introd. 16 In the deep water varieties..I shall treat of the..buffle-head or butter-ball. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xiii. 85 Butterballs and scoters paddled up at his approach. 1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 156/2 The lakes afford a great population of water birds—the fantastic loons and grebe, goldeneyes, mergansers, mallards, butterballs, and a host of geese. 2011 A. R. Okamoto & K. Wong Nat. Hist. San Francisco Bay 96 The most diminutive of the bay's native ducks is the Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), also nicknamed the ‘butterball’ or the ‘bumblebee dipper’. b. colloquial and usually derogatory. A fat person or animal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > person having porknellc1540 porkling1541 porridge belly1580 tallow catch1598 woolsack1598 candle-mine1600 trillibub1600 bauson1607 panguts1617 firkin1630 porker1665 poke pudding1706 pudsy1710 jolluxa1797 fatty1797 fattener1817 rotundity1824 tun-butt1829 stout party1855 pig1858 fatlinga1861 slob1861 bladder of lard1864 butterball1877 lard-bladder1891 jelly-belly1896 tub1897 barrel1909 flop1909 pussy-gut1909 gutbucket1919 Billy Bunter1939 endomorph1940 Fatso1944 slug1959 1877 Monmouth (Illinois) Rev. 26 Jan. Miss Hattie, a regular little butter ball, took the silver spoon. 1892 W. D. Howells Albany Depot ii. 24 She said she was a very respectable-looking old thing—a perfect butter-ball. I suppose she was stout. 1921 C. Wells Ptomaine Street 94 ‘I wish you loved me—.’ ‘I wish I did,’ he returned, honestly, ‘but you are such a butter-ball.’ 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Aug. f1 It is practically impossible to tell much about the future racing capabilities of these plump little butterballs who have been fed and groomed to look as dazzling as possible for this sale. 2003 C. Forde Fat Boy Swim i. 9 Useless butterball shouldnae be allowed anywhere near a pitch. B. adj. colloquial and usually derogatory. That is a butterball (sense A. 2b); fat. ΘΚΠ 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 1888 Los Angeles Times 28 Aug. 3/1 The butter-ball editor swelled up with overflowing pride. 1946 L. Hirsch Murder steals Show iii. 30 ‘Are you Charlie Finnglanz, the famous theat'ical producer?’ I said to the little butterball man. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 July vii. 25 By next spring Garfield's butterball visage will adorn greeting cards and party paper goods. 2006 T. Hicks Game of my Life: Alabama xv. 114 I had met Coach Bryant before when I was a little butterball kid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1787
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