tubby

Definition

stout, rotund

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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"