- but|ter|ball
- but|ter|ball «BUHT uhr BL», noun.1. U.S. Informal. a small, plump person: »
Willie Pastrano was a fat little five-foot butterball (Time).
2. = bufflehead. (Cf. ↑bufflehead)
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