roly-poly
1 of 2adjective
ro·ly-po·ly ˌrō-lē-ˈpō-lē 
: being short and pudgy : rotund
roly-poly
2 of 2noun
plural roly-polies
1
: a roly-poly person or thing
2
British : a sweet dough spread with a filling, rolled, and baked or steamed
called also roly-poly pudding
Synonyms
Adjective
- blubbery
- chubby
- corpulent
- fat
- fleshy
- full
- gross
- lardy
- obese
- overweight
- plump
- podgy [chiefly British]
- portly
- pudgy
- replete
- rotund
- round
- tubby
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
reduplication of roly, from roll entry 2
First Known Use
Adjective
1820, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1
roly-poly
adjective
as in plump
having an excess of body fat a roly-poly baby who grew into a slender child Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- plump
- fat
- round
- rotund
- pudgy
- chubby
- tubby
- corpulent
- blubbery
- full
- portly
- lardy
- obese
- overweight
- husky
- fleshy
- stout
- podgy
- thick
- gross
- heavy
- replete
- ripe
- stocky
- thickset
- heavyset
- burly
- potbellied
- soft
- beefy
- chunky
- paunchy
- bulky
- squat
- dumpy
- brawny
- plumpish
- flabby
- stubby
- zaftig
- buxom
- weighty
- hefty
- hippy
- endomorphic
- ample
- corn-fed
- zoftig
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- skinny
- slender
- thin
- lanky
- lean
- bony
- angular
- slim
- gaunt
- sinewy
- skeletal
- rawboned
- spare
- scrawny
- lank
- haggard
- cadaverous
- emaciated
- pinched
- puny
- svelte
- scraggy
- rangy
- stringy
- slight
- weedy
- willowy
- waspish
- spindly
- wasted
- boney
- twiggy
- reedy
- sylphlike
- anorexic
- ectomorphic
- spindling