"tubby" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtʌbi/, /ˈstʊbi/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: En-au-tubby.ogg 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 Categories (topical): Obesity Translations (stout, rotund): дундест (dundest) (Bulgarian), тантурест (tanturest) (Bulgarian), rabassut (Catalan), dodu (French), rondelet (French), moppelig (German), pummelig (German), rundlich (German), dick (German), köpcös (Hungarian), kunekune (Maori), takapū (Maori), pukunati (Maori), baryłkowaty (Polish), gordito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tubby-en-adj-9jQPTxHR Disambiguation of Obesity: 54 2 1 43 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

IPA: /ˈtʌbi/, /ˈstʊbi/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: En-au-tubby.ogg 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 Derived forms: Teletubby Translations (an overweight person): Dickerchen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-tubby-en-noun-3WnJ4d~6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 7 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 15 13 10 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 9 6 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 10 6 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 6 4 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 10 8 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 10 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 9 7 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 10 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 7 5 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 10 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 10 7 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 6 4 83

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈtʌbi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-tubby.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/En-au-tubby.ogg/En-au-tubby.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/En-au-tubby.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstʊbi/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌbi"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an overweight person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dickerchen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tubby"
}

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