"fubsy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfʌb.sɪ/ [British] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fubsy.wav Forms: fubsier [comparative], fubsiest [superlative]
Etymology: fubs (variant of fub) + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} fubsy (comparative fubsier, superlative fubsiest)
  1. (British) short and stout; low and wide Tags: British Translations (short and stout; low and wide): дундест (dundest) (Bulgarian), тантурест (tanturest) (Bulgarian), przysadzisty [masculine] (Polish), присадкуватий (prysadkuvatyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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