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Word entry · 5 letters

tubby

Best crossword clue

"Short and plump"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtʌbi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bbtuyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2U3B4B5Y

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podgy5 letterstubby5 letters

Filled answer is this word (TUBBY).

Definitions

  1. Short, rounded, and somewhat plump in shape.

Word origin

From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • a tubby violin

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