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chopstick
First Known Use
1699, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Chinese Pidgin English chop fast + English stick
chopstick
noun

Synonyms

chub​by
adjective
chub·​by
ˈchə-bē
chub​bi​er; chub​bi​est

Definition

  • somewhat fat //a chubby child //Growing up, I was always the chubbiest in the family … — Anna Schuchman //This is the very real story of the little bucktoothed, chubby 9-year-old boy who invented the MC— Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
    also having a full, rounded form //a baby with chubby cheeks //Chubby, crackly egg rolls with chicken, beef, or vegetables are deep-fried to order … — Mike Sula
Other Words
  • chub​bi​ness ˈchə-bē-nəs noun //The faces in the mosaics have a roundness, the figures a chubbiness that one does not associate with Roman portraiture … — Sarah Caudwell
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
blubbery corpulent fat fleshy full gross lardy obese overweight plump podgy [chiefly British] portly pudgy replete roly-poly rotund round tubby
Antonyms
lean skinny slender slim spare thin
Examples
  • //the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler
First Known Use
1722, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
chub
chubby
adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms