roly-poly

ro·ly-po·ly

R0290900 (rō′lē-pō′lē)adj. Short and plump; pudgy.n. pl. ro·ly-po·lies 1. A short plump person or thing.2. See pillbug.3. Chiefly British A pudding made of jam or fruit rolled up in pastry dough and baked or steamed until soft.

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[Alteration and reduplication of roll.]

roly-poly

(ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ) adjplump, buxom, or rotundn, pl -lies1. (Cookery) Brit a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding2. a plump, buxom, or rotund person3. (Plants) Austral an informal name for tumbleweed[C17: apparently by reduplication from roly, from roll]

ro•ly-po•ly

(ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, -ˌpoʊ li)

adj., n., pl. -lies. adj. 1. short and plumply round. n. 2. a roly-poly person or thing. 3. Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked. [1595–1605; earlier rowle powle, rowly-powly worthless fellow, game involving rolling balls, rhyming compound based on roll (v.); for second element compare poll]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	roly-poly - a rotund individual butterball, fat person, fatso, fattylarge person - a person of greater than average size
	2.	roly-poly - pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamedroly-poly puddingpudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamedBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Adj.	1.	roly-poly - short and plumppodgy, pudgy, tubby, dumpyfat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

roly-poly

adjective plump, rounded, fat, overweight, chubby, tubby, buxom, rotund, pudgy, podgy a short roly-poly man

roly-poly

adjectiveWell-rounded and full in form:chubby, plump, plumpish, pudgy, rotund, round, tubby, zaftig.

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