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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Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
With her chubby cheeks and gummy smile, the stylish infant even clutched a mini LV handbag in her tiny hand.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 June 2025
The same chubby little baby hare was burrowing in the earth with his paws, trying to dig out some rootlets or a cabbage leaf that had been dropped on the ground last year.
—Robert Chandler, The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2025
Revlon Airflow Control Dryer: This budget-friendly hair dryer has a uniquely chubby nozzle that caters well to curly hair types.
—Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
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“Chubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chubby. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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