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    ROLY-POLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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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