chubby

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌbi/

The English word “chubby” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.

noun

A chubby, plump person.
An overweight or obese gay man.
A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.
A type of thickly-padded fur jacket.

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.…

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