chubbier; chubbiest
: somewhat fat
a chubby child
Growing up, I was always the chubbiest in the family …—
Anna Schuchman
Anna SchuchmanThis is the very real story of the little bucktoothed, chubby 9-year-old boy who invented the MC …—Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
Killer Mike, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
also
: having a full, rounded form
a baby with chubby cheeks
Chubby, crackly egg rolls with chicken, beef, or vegetables are deep-fried to order … —Mike Sula
Mike Sula
chubbiness
noun
The faces in the mosaics have a roundness, the figures a chubbiness that one does not associate with Roman portraiture …
—Sarah Caudwell
Sarah Caudwell
Examples of chubby in a Sentence
the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Soon, the chubby kid with big hip-hop dreams was running a little squad of coders putting together a FarmVille clone.
—Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The first-ever Fat Squirrel Week was more than just a battle of chubby cheeks and full bellies — it was also designed to engage Texans with their local parks and wildlife.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Beyond the fun of selecting a chubby champion, Fat Bear Week is also an opportunity to educate people about brown bears and their habitat in Alaska.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Chubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chubby. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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