chubby

If a person is chubby, he or she is a little bit heavy, or there’s a part of the body that looks a little fat.

• Babies are chubby.
• Rhonda has a very chubby but healthy baby.
• Her baby has chubby cheeks.
• Frank was starting to look kind of chubby, so he went on a diet and lost 20 pounds.
• Leena lost some of the chubbiness around her face. (The word "chubbiness" is a noun.)
• People often get a little chubbier in the winter during the holidays.
• Fred’s wife is chubby, and he likes her that way.

It’s okay if your baby is a little chubby.

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This page was published on January 3, 2014.