chubby

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: chŭbʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʌbi/
• Rhymes: -ʌbi

Etymology

Recorded since 1611, from chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), equivalent to chub +‎ -y. Cognate with Swedish dialectal kubbug (“fat, plump, chubby”). More at chub.

Adjective

chubby (comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)

1. Of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft.

   Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.

2. Of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat.

   It's quite normal for healthy babies to have chubby cheeks.

Synonyms

• (person): chunky, plump, podgy, tubby
• (part of the body): chunky, plump, podgy

Derived terms

• chubbily
• chubbiness

Translations

of a person, somewhat fat

• Armenian: թմբլիկ (hy) (tʿmblik)
• Bulgarian: пухкав (bg) (puhkav)
• Catalan: grassonet, grosset
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豐滿 (zh), 丰满 (zh) (fēngmǎn)

• Dutch: mollig (nl), volslank (nl)
• Finnish: pullea (fi), pulska (fi)
• French: potelé (fr) m, dodu (fr) m
• German: mollig (de)
• Hebrew: שְׁמַנְמַן‏‎ (sh'manmán)
• Japanese: ぽってり (potteri), ぽちゃぽちゃ (pochapocha)

• Maori: māretireti, pukunati, makune
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lubben m, f

• Persian: کپل‏‎ (fa) (kopol), لنبه‏‎ (fa) (lombe)
• Polish: pulchny, pyzaty (pl)
• Portuguese: rechonchudo (pt) m, gorducho m, roliço (pt) m
• Russian: пу́хленький (ru) (púxlenʹkij), пу́хлый (ru) (púxlyj), круглоли́цый (ru) (kruglolícyj), полнощёкий (ru) (polnoščókij), упи́танный (ru) (upítannyj), то́лстый (ru) (tólstyj), пуза́тый (ru) (puzátyj), корена́стый (ru) (korenástyj), то́лстенький (ru) (tólstenʹkij)
• Spanish: gordito m
• Swedish: knubbig (sv), mullig (sv)

of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat

• Dutch: mollig (nl)
• Finnish: pullea (fi)

• French: dodu (fr) m, potelé (fr) m

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Translations to be checked

These had been moved to the noun section; presumably they translate the first adjective sense.

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שמנמן‏‎ m (shmanman), ^{(please verify)} שמנמנה‏‎ f (shmanmana)

Noun

chubby (plural chubbies)

1. A chubby, plump person
2. (LGBT slang) An overweight or obese gay man.
3. (slang) A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.

   Hey, Lucius, I just wanted to share a piece of personal information with you. I've got a... a chubby right now because [starts screaming] This is one of the most awesome experiences of my life!—Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Derived terms

• chub (plump person)
• chubby chaser

Translations

chubby person

• Armenian: թմբլիկ (hy) (tʿmblik)
• Dutch: dikkerdje (nl) n
• Finnish: pullukka

• French: dodu (fr) m
• German: Dickerchen n
• Maori: pukunati

erection — see boner