chubby
/ˈt͡ʃʌbi/ adjective B1- Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft. · Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
- Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat. · It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
Comparative chubbier · Superlative chubbiest
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The Quadlings themselves, who were short and fat and looked chubby and good-natured, were dressed all in red, which showed bright against the green grass and the yellowing grain.
There was no “mahogany furniture,” but there was a white-painted bookcase filled with books, a cushioned wicker rocker, a toilet table befrilled with white muslin, a quaint, gilt-framed mirror with chubby pink Cupids and purple grapes painted over its arched top, that used to hang in the spare room, and a low white bed.
On its chubby neck there was this small puckered mark.
The general effect was chubby and rather childlike, so that one received the impression of quite a young man with a broad set smile upon his face.
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