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ROLY-POLY

Dictionary entry overview: What does roly-poly mean?

• ROLY-POLY (noun)
The noun ROLY-POLY has 2 senses:

1. a rotund individual
2. pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed

Familiarity information: ROLY-POLY used as a noun is rare.

• ROLY-POLY (adjective)
The adjective ROLY-POLY has 1 sense:

1. short and plump

Familiarity information: ROLY-POLY used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROLY-POLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A rotund individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

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

large person (a person of greater than average size)

Sense 2

roly-poly ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

roly-poly pudding; roly-poly

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; GB; 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)

• ROLY-POLY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Short and plump

Synonyms:

podgy; pudgy; roly-poly; tubby; dumpy

Similar:

fat (having much flesh (especially fat))

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