Roly-poly (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamedplay

Synonyms:

roly-poly; roly-poly pudding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("roly-poly" is a kind of...):

pudding (any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A rotund individualplay

Synonyms:

butterball; fat person; fatso; fatty; roly-poly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("roly-poly" is a kind of...):

large person (a person of greater than average size)

II. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Short and plumpplay

Synonyms:

dumpy; podgy; pudgy; roly-poly; tubby

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

Derivation:

rolypoliness (the property of having a plump and round body)

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