tubby

UK /ˈtʌbi/ US /ˈtʌbi/
adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

stout, rotund

Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.

The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.

2

Resembling a tub

3

sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.

a tubby violin

noun

1

An overweight person.

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