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tubby

adj
/ˈtʌbi/

Etymology

From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.

  1. derived from tubbe
  2. derived from tubbe
  3. inherited from tubbe
  4. suffixed as tubby — “tub + y”

Definitions

  1. stout, rotund

    • Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.
    • The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.

  2. Resembling a tub

  3. sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.

    • a tubby violin
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An overweight person.

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Derived

tubbiness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA