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Ruddy duck
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butterball
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Word definitions for butterball in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Butterball in comics may refer to: Butterball (Vivian Dolan) Butterball (Emery Schaub)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter, margarine, or a spread 2 (context derogatory English) An overweight person. 3 A small North American duck.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Butterball \But"ter*ball`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The buffel duck. a fat person or animal. [informal] a lump of butter rounded into a ball. [Trademark] a plump chicken or turkey prepared for cooking.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rotund individual [syn: fatso , fatty , fat person , roly-poly ] [ant: thin person ] small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: bufflehead , dipper , Bucephela albeola ]
Usage examples of butterball.
The Butterball emitted an ear-piercing hoot, and a moment later one of the miners opened the door.
The Shreck, on the other hand, was a short fat butterball of a man, with a bulging fleshy face and deep-set eyes.
Samuel walked out to Lindsey then, and there she was in his arms, my sweet butterball babe, born ten years after my fourteen years on Earth: Abigail Suzanne.
A short, fat butterball of a man, with a bulging fleshy face and deep-set eyes, the Shreck was one of the most dangerous men in society, mostly because he never cared what his actions cost him as long as he got what he wanted.
The butterball was recovering his balance, and Parker shoved him again, sending him reeling into the living room.
Parker held his left hand rigid, fingers together and extended, and chopped the butterball in the midsection, just above the gold monogrammed belt buckle.
The license and library card agreed that the butterball was named Sidney Chalmers, and that he lived on West 92nd Street.
The butterball closed his eyes, and his whole face sagged in an expression of complete and comic despair.
Once or twice when consulting the calendar, Lily had been caught short, imagining she had forgotten some occasion for which she ought to have sent out greeting cards or roasted a Butterball or displayed the Flag.
Gregor Shreck smiled at her fondly and patted her on the arm with his chubby hand: The Shreck was a short, round butterball of a man, all bulging flesh and deepset eyes, with a constant, quietly unnerving smile.
I intend to make my own profit from those bronzes, butterball, so keep your sticky fingers from the cargo.
The dun was positively a butterball, but Siuan would probably treat a pony like a warhorse.
And, in addition, and for no extra consideration, you have also made the Butterballs into a loyal ally of the Republic.
Outside, the Earth kids and the Deltanian butterballs were admiring my Nishiki.
No problem: the butterballs were probably getting something else to eat.