puppy fat

1. 1.

   fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence

   Broaderadipose tissue

Questions about puppy fat

What does puppy fat mean?

puppy fat means "fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence".

Is puppy fat a common word?

puppy fat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.