roly-poly

1. 1.

   short and plump

   Synonymsdumpypodgypudgytubby

   Similarfat

Questions about roly-poly

What does roly-poly mean?

roly-poly means "a rotund individual". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roly-poly?

roly-poly has 4 syllables and divides as ro-ly--po-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for roly-poly?

Close synonyms include fatso, fatty, fat person, butterball, roly-poly pudding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roly-poly a common word?

roly-poly 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.