"tubby" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌbi/ Audio: En-au-tubby.ogg [Australia] Forms: tubbier [comparative], tubbiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tub|y}} tub + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} tubby (comparative tubbier, superlative tubbiest)
  1. stout, rotund Translations (stout, rotund): дундест (dundest) (Bulgarian), тантурест (tanturest) (Bulgarian), rabassut (Catalan), dodu (French), rondelet (French), moppelig (German), pummelig (German), rundlich (German), dick (German), kunekune (Maori), takapū (Maori), pukunati (Maori), baryłkowaty (Polish), gordito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tubby-en-adj-9jQPTxHR Disambiguation of 'stout, rotund': 98 1 1
  2. Resembling a tub Translations (resembling a tub): fassartig (German), bauchig (German)
    Sense id: en-tubby-en-adj-nLtZXBNs Disambiguation of 'resembling a tub': 2 97 1
  3. sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound. Categories (topical): Sound Translations (sounding dull): dumpf (German)
    Sense id: en-tubby-en-adj-x9cOrqh9 Disambiguation of Sound: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'sounding dull': 7 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tubbiness

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌbi/ Audio: En-au-tubby.ogg [Australia] Forms: tubbies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tub|y}} tub + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} tubby (plural tubbies)
  1. (derogatory, slang, often used teasingly) An overweight person. Tags: derogatory, often, slang Categories (topical): Obesity Derived forms: Teletubby Translations (an overweight person): Dickerchen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-tubby-en-noun-3WnJ4d~6 Disambiguation of Obesity: 36 1 3 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 21 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 6 19 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 15 13 15 57

Inflected forms

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