Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chubby
IPA transcription: [tʃ'ʌbi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chubby, embonpoint, plump
    Meaning: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";
Usage examples
  • Especially do I desire that they should see the fairy of the daisy; a little, chubby, round-eyed child, with such innocent trust in his look!
  • He was old, not very tall, somewhat stout and chubby, with a round face, a bald head and a scraggly fringe of reddish whisker underneath his chin.
  • "Baby!" cried the little girl, with a joyous shout, clapping her chubby hands, "pretty baby Elsie take"; and the small arms were held out entreatingly.
  • He was a chubby little man of forty, with coarse black hair and scrubby moustache, not of the type that readily appreciates the delicacies of a situation.
  • But the chubby face didn't look up brightly, as usual: and the next moment, without a bit of warning, Phronsie sprang past them all, even Polly, and flung herself into Mr. King's arms, in a perfect torrent of sobs.