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flabby

[ flab-ee ]

adjective

flabbier, flabbiest.
  1. hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
  2. having such flesh.
  3. lacking strength or determination.


flabby

/ ˈڱæɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking firmness; loose or yielding

    flabby muscles

  2. having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
  3. lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱԱ, noun
  • ˈڱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڱb· adverb
  • ڱb·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flabby1

1690–1700; apparently expressive alteration of earlier flappy, with same sense; flap, -y 1; compare late Middle English flabband (attested once), evidently with sense “flapping”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flabby1

C17: alteration of flappy , from flap + -y 1; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip
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Instead of a skeleton and scales, the blobfish has a soft body and flabby skin.

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There’s no method here that will render it crispy and browned, and no one wants to cut through flabby chicken skin.

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At a hefty 2 hours and 24 minutes, the film is flabby, not jacked, and lacking in an unpredictable live-wire element.

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They are short, tall, flabby, lean, clean-shaven, bearded, bald and pony-tailed.

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About a year and a half ago, it occurred to me that if I didn’t start working out again, I’d be sliding into a sloppy, flabby late middle age.

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