[ UK /tˈʌbi/ ]
[ US /ˈtəbi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. short and plump
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How To Use tubby In A Sentence

  • They are weird stubby boats, and you have to do a lot more work to propel and keep them on a straight course through the water.
  • More sweat fell down his stubby chin as he tried to avert his eyes away from her steady gaze.
  • His accomplice is white, 5ft 11 in, tubby or of large build, but not as big as the first suspect.
  • A bobcat is another wild cat, about half the size of a cougar, with a stubby tail rather than a long one.
  • Around the circular pit were crowded all the races of Garden, or rather, all those races which had not been ex­terminated resisting the evil Wizards: the hooded Druids, brachiate tree dwellers from the Great Forest, a band of fuzzies in their bright orange robes, many lizard soldiers hissing and laughing and shouting, stubby little Marsh Folk, and hundreds of mutants. Prayers To Broken Stones
  • According to Electric Pig, the new phone looks amazingly good, specially next to the iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold, making them look "tubby". Gizmodo
  • The tubby volunteers will eat low-calorie food prepared by a celebrity chef, work out three times a day, and try to avoid the ‘temptation fridge’ containing all their favourite fattening snacks.
  • Since neither Jewel nor Corvi had anything more than a set of stubby, carefully filed down nails, Zhaneel laughed. The White Gryphon
  • Whereas Costello was short and tubby, Woodley was tall and stick thin, but he was nonetheless hilariously adept at comedic facial expressions and body language.
  • All sorts of pasta can be used, from thin sheets of lasagne to stubby penne or rigatoni.
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