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adjective
- 1. short and rather fat: informal "a small, tubby man"
- 2. (of a sound) lacking resonance; dull (as that of a tub when struck): "historic classical recordings with a tubby overall sound"
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adjective. informal uk / ˈtʌb.i / us / ˈtʌb.i / Add to word list. (of a person) fat: Our chef was a genial, slightly tubby man. Synonyms. dumpy. fat (BIG) podgy UK informal disapproving. pudgy mainly US informal disapproving. roly-poly informal humorous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat.
1. : pudgy, fat. 2. : sounding dull and without proper resonance or freedom of sound. a tubby violin. Synonyms. blubbery. chubby. corpulent. fat. fleshy. full. gross. lardy. obese. overweight. plump. podgy [chiefly British] portly. pudgy. replete. roly-poly. rotund. round. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tubby in a Sentence.
tubby. 3 meanings: 1. plump 2. shaped like a tub 3. rare having little resonance.... Click for more definitions.
adjective. informal us / ˈtʌb.i / uk / ˈtʌb.i / Add to word list. (of a person) fat: Our chef was a genial, slightly tubby man. Synonyms. dumpy. fat (BIG) podgy UK informal disapproving. pudgy mainly US informal disapproving. roly-poly informal humorous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat.
, tub·bi·er, tub·bi·est. short and fat: a tubby child. having a dull, thumping sound; lacking resonance. tubby. / ˈtʌbɪ / adjective. plump. shaped like a tub. rare. having little resonance.
To be tubby is to be round and plump, and maybe a bit on the short side. Many cartoon characters, including Porky Pig, Garfield, and Homer Simpson, are a little tubby.
Definition of tubby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
