tubby

/'tʌbi/

Thân thiện

A toddler with a tubby belly laughs while playing in the garden.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Short and plump: Describes a person, especially one with a rounded, somewhat overweight body shape, often implying a stout or chubby appearance.

Usage

The adjective "tubby" is used to describe someone's physical build. It is informal and can be considered mildly impolite or teasing. It is typically used before a noun (attributively) or after a linking verb (predicatively).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The tubby little boy ran after the ball.
  • He became quite tubby after he stopped exercising.
  • She affectionately pinched her tubby puppy's cheeks.

Advanced Usage

• "Tubby" can sometimes be used humorously or affectionately among friends or family, but caution is needed as it may cause offense.
• In a more technical or historical context, it can describe objects that are short and rounded in shape, like a "tubby little vase."

Variants and Related Words

• Tubbiness (noun): The state or quality of being tubby.
  • His tubbiness was due to a love of desserts.

Synonyms

• Plump: Slightly fat in a pleasant way.
• Chubby: Rounded and plump, often used for children.
• Rotund: Rounded in shape; often a more formal or polite term.
• Portly: Stout or overweight, often used for older men.

Antonyms

• Skinny: Very thin.
• Slender: Gracefully thin.
• Slim: Thin in an attractive way.

Idioms and Phrases

• While "tubby" itself is not commonly part of idioms, the related word "tub" (a large, round container) appears in phrases like "in the tub," but these are not directly related to the adjective "tubby."

Học thuật

Adjective

1. short and plump

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dumpy
• podgy
• pudgy
• roly-poly