English-Thai Dictionary

roly-poly

ADJ จ้ำม่ำ  อ้วน  fat jam-mam

 

roly-poly

ADJ เตี้ย และ อ้วน กลม (คำ ดูถูก  tia-lea-aun-klom

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROLY-POLY

ROLY-POLY Ro "ly-po `ly, n. & a.

 

Defn: Rolly-poly.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

roly-poly

ro ly-po ly |ˈrōlē ˈpōlē ˈroʊli ˈpoʊli | ▶adjective (of a person ) having a round, plump appearance: a roly-poly young boy. ▶noun (also roly-poly pudding ) Brit. a sweet pastry dough covered with jam or fruit, formed into a roll, and boiled, steamed, or baked. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: fanciful formation from the verb roll .

 

Oxford Dictionary

roly-poly

roly-poly |rəʊlɪˈpəʊli | ▶adjective informal (of a person ) having a round, plump appearance: a roly-poly young boy. ▶noun 1 (also roly-poly pudding ) [ mass noun ] Brit. a pudding made of a sheet of suet pastry covered with jam or fruit, formed into a roll, and steamed or baked. 2 Austral. a bushy tumbleweed. ●Several species, in particular a saltwort (Salsola kali, family Chenopodiaceae ) which is able to grow away from saline habitats. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: fanciful formation from the verb roll .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

roly-poly

roly-poly adjective informal a roly-poly couple played the Clauses for the Christmas skit: chubby, plump, fat, stout, rotund, round, dumpy, chunky, portly, overweight, fleshy, paunchy, bulky, corpulent; informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, blubbery, zaftig, corn-fed. ANTONYMS skinny.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

roly-poly

roly-poly adjective a roly-poly man with a walrus moustache: chubby, plump, fat, stout, rotund, buxom, well upholstered, well covered, well padded, of ample proportions, ample, round, rounded, well rounded, full, fattish, dumpy, chunky, broad in the beam, portly, overweight, fleshy, paunchy, bulky, corpulent; informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, blubbery, poddy; Brit. informal podgy, fubsy; N. Amer. informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed; archaic pursy; rare abdominous. ANTONYMS thin, slender, skinny.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

roly-poly

ro ly-po ly /ròʊlipóʊli /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠ずんぐりした, 丸々太った .名詞 複 -lies C 1 ｟主に英 ｠(ジャム入りの )渦巻きプディング (roly-poly pudding ).2 ｟くだけて ｠ずんぐりした人, 丸々と太った子供 .