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butterball

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From butter + ball.

  1. A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
  2. An overweight person.

    “What if your baby is a butterball? Does Fat-Proofing mean you should put your infant on diet?.”

  3. A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.

    “The skipper had his eye on a bunch of butterballs feeding not far from the boat. In fact there were ducks all around — though he did not tell me so.”

  4. A turkey.