chubbier; chubbiest
: somewhat fat
a chubby child
Growing up, I was always the chubbiest in the family …—
Anna Schuchman
Anna SchuchmanThis is the very real story of the little bucktoothed, chubby 9-year-old boy who invented the MC …—Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
also
: having a full, rounded form
a baby with chubby cheeks
Chubby, crackly egg rolls with chicken, beef, or vegetables are deep-fried to order … —Mike Sula
Mike Sula
chubbiness
noun
The faces in the mosaics have a roundness, the figures a chubbiness that one does not associate with Roman portraiture …
—Sarah Caudwell
Sarah Caudwell
Examples of chubby in a Sentence
the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler
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Like, a chubby little oddball from the country starring on Broadway.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Its body was so large and fat that the chubby paws just hung in a playful form across one side, not touching the ground.
—Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Today, Jesse shares his thoughts via email about Beverly's exit, Rose's misstep with Grant, and that chubby bunny competition.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
When his shy tabby sister Charmander enters the room, the chubby black feline rotates his ears forward and opens his mouth just a tad.
—Bychrista Lesté-Lasserre, science.org, 14 Jan. 2025
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Shivani Vora, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Its body was so large and fat that the chubby paws just hung in a playful form across one side, not touching the ground.
—Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Today, Jesse shares his thoughts via email about Beverly's exit, Rose's misstep with Grant, and that chubby bunny competition.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
When his shy tabby sister Charmander enters the room, the chubby black feline rotates his ears forward and opens his mouth just a tad.
—Bychrista Lesté-Lasserre, science.org, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Chubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chubby. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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