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roly-poly

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: roly-poly

1
adjn
short and plump
a rotund individual
2
n
pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: roly-poly
1

adj short and plump

Synonyms:
dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby
fat
having an (over)abundance of flesh

n a rotund individual

Synonyms:
butterball, fat person, fatso, fatty
Antonyms:
scrag, skin and bones, thin person
a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
Type of:
large person
a person of greater than average size
2

n pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed

Synonyms:
roly-poly pudding
Type of:
pudding
any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
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