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Definition of flabby adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flabby

adjective
 
/ˈflæbi/
 
/ˈflæbi/
 (informal, disapproving)
(comparative flabbier, superlative flabbiest)
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  1. covered with soft, loose fat; fat
    • flabby thighs
    • He’s got soft and flabby since he gave up running.
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  2. weak; with no strength or force
    • a flabby grip
    • a flabby argument
    3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: alteration of earlier flappy.
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