Tubby

Word TUBBY
Character 5
Hyphenation tub by
Pronunciations /ˈtʌbi/

Definitions and meanings of "Tubby"

What do we mean by tubby?

Having a rounded shape. adjective

Short and plump. adjective

Having a dull sound; lacking resonance. adjective

Tubshaped; round like a tub or barrel.

Having a sound like that of an empty tub when struck; sounding dull and without resonance: applied to stringed musical instruments.

Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound. adjective

Stout, rotund adjective

Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound. adjective

An overweight person. noun

Short and plump adjective

(often used teasingly) An overweight person.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tubby

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The word "tubby" in example sentences

By calling you a teletubby was she infering that you were looking a little 'tubby' or just plain weird ❋ Tyler (2009)

I know that he's the kind of tubby one that's, you know -- (CROSSTALK) ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've been thinking of something along similar lines - where men boys/guys/young males - whichever term suits best use terms such as tubby, d*ckhead as almost pet names in conversation with each other. ❋ DC (2009)

"She's rather dim and kind of tubby - undereducated and undersexed - and she displays a distressing affinity for mom jeans and sweaters covered in puffy paint and appliquéd kittens." ❋ Unknown (2009)

She was, like the rest of her kind, very "tubby," being as broad as the _Peacock_, though 10 feet shorter on deck. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

The Egyptian striker always had to fight the 'tubby' tag at his former clubs Spurs and Middlesbrough - but he is on a mission to shed the pounds at Wigan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Electric Pig, the new phone looks amazingly good, specially next to the iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold, making them look "tubby". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The man was described as aged between 20 and 30 years, around 5ft 11ins tall, of "tubby" build, with shoulder length, black hair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Hamlet the tubby? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Naturally, nothing can be finally determined until the slightly tubby chancellor sings on 20 October, but the Liberal Democrats failed to split when invited (and even contrived to be marginally boring); the Labour Party finally found itself a new leader amid a hogwash of brotherly love, and failed to get much, if any, of a bounce in the polls; and the Tories contrived to look as anxious as Ann Widdecombe trying her first waltz. ❋ Peter Preston (2010)

As others fought back tears as they remembered the 23 comrades from their regiment among the 258 fallen in the combat, tubby Barrett's thoughts were only on the imminent buffet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bridgewater is a splendidly Falstaffian character, tubby "more apple than pear-shaped", big-hearted and sybaritic. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

Naïve, tubby hobbits surprising suave elves in the woods. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Take your fear mongering, tubby Limbaugh and Mike Steele & go away. annie s ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every day when a lonely young scientist made his way to the tubby, he found a little fella who was cute and yella and chubby ... until one day he found existential angst instead. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Originated by tubby character actor David Doyle on TV and succeeded by Bill Murray and the late Bernie Mac in the movies, Charlie's Angels' Bosley was better known for his wit than his physique. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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