fat
noun
- type of tissue
- nutrient
- type of chemical compound
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L331686 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- large in girth
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfæt/ / /ˈfɛt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).
- Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
“The fat man had problems going through the door.”
“The fattest pig should yield the most meat.”
- Thick; large.
“The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.”
“The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival.”
- Bulbous; rotund.
“So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.”
- Bountiful.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
“Make the heart of this people fat,[…]”
“1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman making our western wits fat & mean”
- Fertile; productive.
“a fat soil; a fat pasture”
“Land was fatter, soil was rich, hands were many”
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
“a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job”
“now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk”
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
“, "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected" persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture”
- Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
“a fat take; a fat page”
- Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
“Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot.”
- Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
“He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state.”
“He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value.”
- Being greatly or substantially such; real.
“1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.”
- Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Carrying additional data or functionality.
“fat client”
“a fat pointer”
- Alternative form of phat.
“This isn't a place to talk about “hitting the decks” and making “fat beats”—you're not selling to an industry peer.”
noun
Etymology: From French fat (“conceited person”).
- A fop or dandy.
“I took my revenge on this ‘fat’, by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could.”
“Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any fat in Christendom.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).
- To make fat; to fatten.
“kill the fatted calf”
- To become fat; to fatten.
- To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.
““On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.””