flab

noun

: soft flabby body tissue

Examples of flab in a Sentence

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If the aim is to sharpen them into leaner and more effective tools of governance, the public could benefit from the remaking of a system that has long been weighed down with bureaucratic flab. Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024 Like buying a CrossFit membership to keep off the belly flab or seeing that therapist who keeps excavating childhood traumas, this is a lifelong relationship, a thing of commitment and sweat and never-ending vigilance. Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024 By combining these exercises with the best fat burners for belly fat, you can get rid of flabby arms along with your stubborn belly flab. Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022 That’s one reason flab can lower your T. Kevin Dupzyk, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for flab 

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from flabby

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flab was in 1951

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“Flab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flab. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

flab

noun
: soft flabby body tissue

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