chubby
adjective
[ ˈtʃʌbi ]
• plump and rounded.
• "a pretty child with chubby cheeks"
Similar:
plump,
tubby,
roly-poly,
rotund,
portly,
stout,
dumpy,
chunky,
broad in the beam,
well upholstered,
well covered,
well padded,
of ample proportions,
ample,
round,
rounded,
well rounded,
fat,
overweight,
fleshy,
paunchy,
pot-bellied,
bulky,
buxom,
pudgy,
beefy,
porky,
blubbery,
poddy,
podgy,
fubsy,
lard-arsed,
zaftig,
corn-fed,
pursy,
abdominous,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘short and thickset, like a chub’): from chub.
