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# chubby

«chubby» in Mova's school dictionary: **Slightly fat and round in a soft, often cute way, as in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (chubby, chubbier, chubbiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Slightly fat and round in a soft, often cute way, as in «chubby cheeks» or «a chubby baby». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people often say «chubby» about babies, puppies and cheeks in a fond way. In PSHE lessons, children learn that commenting on someone's body or weight can hurt, so it is kinder not to call people chubby. In stories it describes how a character looks.

### examples

- The baby had chubby little hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x1)
- Our puppy is round and chubby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x2)
- Grandma pinched my chubby cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x3)
- The chubby hamster stuffed seeds into its cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x4)
- It is unkind to tease someone for being chubby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x5)
- The cartoon bear had a chubby tummy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x6)
- This kept mother badger very busy, and the baby badgers very chubby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/#x7)

### note

Adjective. Comparatives: chubbier, chubbiest (double b, y → i). Softer than «fat» and often affectionate, but can still hurt about older children or adults. Similar: plump, podgy (UK), roly-poly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chubby» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chubby/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.