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roly-poly
[ roh-lee-poh-lee, -poh-lee ]
adjective
- short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal.
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Antonyms:
noun
- a roly-poly person or thing.
- Chiefly British. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked.
roly-poly
/ ˈəʊɪˈəʊɪ /
adjective
- plump, buxom, or rotund
noun
- a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding
- a plump, buxom, or rotund person
- an informal name for tumbleweed
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of roly-poly1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of roly-poly1
Example Sentences
"We had tapioca, semolina, treacle sponge pudding, as well as jam roly-poly, cake with icing and sprinkles, chocolate cake and pink custard, and more."
“Dumplings, yumplings, roly-poly dumplings! Eat you, eat you, we will eat you UP!”
The roly-poly rodents chew up and move around large amounts of plant material, damming streams to create ponds where they can hide from predators.
A distinctive style, star-studded voice cast and the winning Jack Black voicing Po, the roly-poly, dumpling-appreciating Dragon Warrior, is usually a recipe for success, or at least it has been.
With their roly-poly bodies, child-like eyes, long whiskers and tiny padded paws, otters are some of the most charismatic animals in nature.
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