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• gorbelly — gorbellied, adj. /gawr bel ee/, n., pl. gorbellies. Obs. a protruding belly. [1510 20; perh. GORE1 + BELLY; cf. Sw (dial.) går bälg] * * * …   Universalium

• gorbelly — gorbellied, adj. /gawr bel ee/, n., pl. gorbellies. Obs. a protruding belly. [1510 20; perh. GORE1 + BELLY; cf. Sw (dial.) går bälg] …   Useful english dictionary

• chuff, you —    This word was once in general use but is perhaps now dialectal. ‘Listen to this, you chuff,’ says a speaker in Magnus Merriman, by Eric Linklater. He equates it with ‘you simpleton’ and ‘you country slab’. ‘Chuff’ actually means either a clown …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• abdominous — adj 1. potbellied, round bellied, big bellied, Sl. beer bellied, large bellied, great bellied, Obs. gorbellied; paunchy, Inf. bay windowed, Inf. corporational; obese, fat, corpulent, overweight, Scot. fodgel; chubby, tubby, pudgy, plump; round,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• beefy — adj 1. brawny, muscular, strong, powerful, burly, sturdy, strapping, robust, stalwart, bouncing; thickset, stocky, solid, heavy, chunky; bulky, hulky, hulking; massive, massy, ponderous, gargantuan, elephantine. 2. obese, overweight, corpulent,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• chubby — adj 1. tubby, pudgy, Chiefly Brit. podgy, plump, round, rounded out, rotund; fat, obese, corpulent, overweight, flabby, stout, portly, pursy, Scot. fodgel; fleshy, filled out, well fed; ample, substantial, full. 2. paunchy, potbellied, round… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• fleshy — adj fat, obese, corpulent, overweight; chub by, tubby, pudgy, chunky, Brit. podgy, plump; paunchy, potbellied, Obs. gorbellied; bouncing, well fed, ample, filled out; meaty, beefy, brawny, strapping, Brit. Inf. chopping; bosomy, Inf. top heavy,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• heavy — adj 1. hefty, weighty, bulky, substantial, dense, ample; big, large, huge, gigantic, titanic, enormous, massive, ponderous, prodigious, mammoth, mighty, colossal, immense; unwieldy, cumbrous, cumbersome, awkward, unmanageable. 2. turbulent,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• obese — adj 1. fat, corpulent, overweight, Scot. fodgel; chubby, tubby, pudgy, plump; round, rounded out, rotund, portly; paunchy, potbellied, round bellied, big bellied, Sl. beerbellied, large bellied, great bellied, Obs. gorbellied; Inf. bay windowed,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• overweight — n 1. overbalance, excess baggage, excess, Commerce. overage. 2. obesity, fatness, excess weight, Euph. weight problem, overheaviness, overponderousness; heaviness, heftiness, weightiness, ponderousness, ponderosity; rotundity, portliness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder