[syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rolly-poly \Roll"y-po`ly\, n.
A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled
into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed. -- a. Shaped
like a rolly-poly; short and stout. [Written also
roly-poly.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roly-poly \Ro"ly-po`ly\, n. & a.
Rolly-poly.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roly-poly
adj 1: short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby,
roly-poly]
n 1: a rotund individual [syn: fatso, fatty, fat person,
roly-poly, butterball] [ant: scrag, skin and bones,
thin person]
2: pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and
rolled up and baked or steamed [syn: roly-poly, roly-poly
pudding]