Crossword clues for chubby
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chubby \Chub"by\, a.
Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. ``Chubby faces.''
--I.
Taylor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, literally "resembling a chub," from chub, the short, thick type of fish + -y (2). Perhaps influenced by Old Norse kumba "log," kumben "stumpy."\n\nME chubbe ... was also used of a "lazy, spiritless fellow; a rustic, simpleton; dolt, fool" (1558), whilst Bailey has "Chub, a Jolt-head, a great-headed, full-cheeked Fellow," a description reminiscent of that of the chevin, another name for the chub ... Thus the nickname may have meant either "short and thick, dumpy like a chub," or "of the nature of a chub, dull and clownish."
["Dictionary of English Surnames"]
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft. 2 Of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat. n. 1 A chubby, plump person 2 (lb en LGBT slang) An overweight or obese gay man. 3 (context slang English) An erection of the penis.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Husky VMMD (Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector) or, as it was previously known, the Chubby system, is part of a mine-removal system developed by DCD-Dorbyl Rolling Stock Division which are based on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa.
The system was developed in the 1970s for the South African Defence Force to clear military convoy routes of mines in Namibia and Angola. The VMMD system consists of two Husky vehicles. The first one acts as a Mine Detection Vehicle (MDV). In the past this vehicle was called a Meerkat and wasn't a 4x4. The second Husky in the system tows a set of three Duisendpoots and is known as a towing /mine detection vehicle (T/MDV) The latest version of the Husky, the 2G, has high sensitivity low metal content detectors, ground penetrating radar, powerful air blowers and a robotic arm. This extra equipment has caused the design of Husky to evolve to take a second crew member. The Husky 2G was voted one of the US Army's Top 10 most innovative advances in Army technology.
Chubby is a description of an overweight person.
Chubby also may refer to:
Usage examples of "chubby".
I shouted, as I got a gloved hand on the steel trace and drew the fish gently towards where Chubby waited with the stainless-steel hook at the gaff held ready.
Angelo and I were grinning and Chubby was scowling horrifically into the lens.
As Chuck and I climbed into the cab of my battered old Ford pick-up, Chubby sidled across like a racecourse tipster, speaking out of the corner of his mouth.
This was the easiest way to tell them apart, the fact that Chubby wore the three-piece suit which he had bought for his wedding - the buttons straining and gaping, and the deep-sea cap stained with salt crystals and fish blood on his head - while his wife wore a full-length black dress of heavy wool, faded greenish with age, and black button-up boots beneath.
Otherwise their dark mahogany faces were almost identical, though Chubby was freshly shaven and she did have a light moustache.
Missas Chubby drained the beer and the froth emphasized her moustache.
I waited until she turned into Frobisher Street before I slipped Chubby the little sheath of notes under the table and we went into the private bar together.
I joined Chubby in song, not entirely certain that we were singing the same number, for I seemed to reach the end of each chorus a long time before Chubby.
Now it is true that once or twice in the remote past Chubby and I had given way to an excess of boyish high spirits when we had just hung a Moses fish - however, this did not give Inspector Daly any excuse for talking like that.
Angelo groaned and turned a light chocolate colour every time he bent over to coil a rope or rig the rods and Chubby sweated neat alcohol and his expression was truly terrifying.
It may have been just my hangover, but I was beginning to have a very ugly feeling about this whole charter and I realized that after all it might be best to leave Chubby and Angelo ashore.
Missus Chubby kept him on a pretty tight lead - he sipped noisily at the coffee.
I remembered it clearly then, Chubby in his talkative phase in the public bar of the Lord Nelson, boastful as one of the very few men who had been through the Gunfire Break.
I knew that when Chubby had finished repairing the woodwork the damage would not be detectable.
On top of that Chubby and Angelo always earned a danger money bonus of five hundred each for a night run.