chubby
adjective/ˈtʃʌbi/
/ˈtʃʌbi/
(comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)
- slightly fat in a way that people usually find attractive
- chubby cheeks/fingers/hands
- She was eleven years old and pretty in a chubby sort of way.
- worried that he was getting rather chubby
- Aah, look at his chubby little hands!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChubby is used with these nouns:- cheek
- finger
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘short and thickset, like a chub’): from chub.Want to learn more?
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