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puppy fat
noun [U] UK (US baby fat)Definition
› fat that a child sometimes has that disappears as the child grows older: He's a little overweight but it's just puppy fat.Fat or well-built
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Synonyms and related words:
- ample adjective (FAT)
- broad in the beam idiom
- buxom adjective
- chubby adjective
- fatso noun
- fatty noun
- flab noun
- fleshy adjective
- heavyset adjective
- husky adjective (STRONG)
- love handles noun
- matronly adjective
- meaty adjective (FOOD)
- middle-age spread noun
- podgy adjective
- rotund adjective
- spare tyre noun
- stocky adjective
- thickset adjective
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