Roly-poly

//ˌɹəʊlɪˈpəʊli//

Synonyms for "roly-poly" (263 found)

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Noun(37 words)

butterball fatso fatty absolute zero agitator all are derogatory unless otherwise labeled asswipe bad boy bad news badling bear bhoy blackguard blatherskite booger boot boy bovver boy brat brawler breedbate

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buffoon bugger bully carrion charva chubbs chubster chunker chunky monkey cipher clydesdale cockstain crumb custron cutup dandiprat devil

adipose beefy blimp bloated blowzy bosomy brawny burly buxom corpulent

Adjective(6 words)

ample beer-bellied big bulky chubby chunky

Strong matches (79)

Related words (131)

Noun(89 words)

makebate minx mischief mischief-maker miscreant mite ne'er-do-well no-good no-mark nonce nonentity nowmun obeast oinker pelf pig pig dog pile of shit pill bug pissant

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Adjective(23 words)

meaty overnourished overweight paunchy pleasantly plump plump plus-size podgy porcine portly potbellied pudgy rotund rubenesque sonsy swagbellied thick tubby well-covered well-padded

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well-rounded well-upholstered wide

obese overweight potbelly puffy roundabout square squat stalwart stocky stout strapping swollen thickset top heavy tub well fed

Adjective(3 words)

podgy pudgy tubby

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2 relation types

More general

2 entries

large person pudding

similar

1 entries

fat

Translations

86 translations across 31 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

шишко noun (short, plump person (especially a child))

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

ва́нька-ста́нька noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Catalan

2 entries

saltamartí noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
tossut noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

不倒翁 noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

不倒翁 noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
球鼠婦 /球鼠妇 noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)

Czech

3 entries

panáček vstaváček noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
vaňka vstaňka noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
vstaváček noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Danish

1 entries

tumling noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Dutch

2 entries

duikelaar noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
oprolpissebed noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)

Esperanto

2 entries

obstina Joĉjo noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
staremulo noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Finnish

4 entries

kierivä ja heiluva adj (moving with a rolling and swaying motion)
kierien adv (by rolling)
keikkunukke noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
kierimisleikki noun (activity or game involving rolling)

French

4 entries

culbuto noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
poussa noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
poussah noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
ramponeau noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

German

3 entries

Pummelchen noun (short, plump person (especially a child))
Stehaufmanderl noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
Stehaufmännchen noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Hebrew

1 entries

נַחוּם תָּקוּם noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Hungarian

1 entries

keljfeljancsi noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Italian

1 entries

misirizzi noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Japanese

1 entries

起き上がり小法師 noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Korean

1 entries

오뚝이 noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Macedonian

1 entries

ши́шко noun (short, plump person (especially a child))

Māori

2 entries

pukunati noun (short, plump person (especially a child))
takaporepore noun (sideways roll)

Polish

3 entries

kulanka noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)
pulpet noun (short, plump person (especially a child))
wańka-wstańka noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Portuguese

4 entries

joão-bobo noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
joão-teimoso noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
sempre em pé noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
tatuzinho noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)

Romanian

1 entries

hopa-mitică noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Russian

4 entries

ва́нька-вста́нька noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
мокри́ца noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)
неваля́шка noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
пуза́н noun (short, plump person (especially a child))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kotrljajući adj (moving with a rolling and swaying motion)
kotrljajući adv (by rolling)
babura noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)
buba loptica noun (small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed)

Spanish

4 entries

dominguillo noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
mono porfiado noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
muñeco porfiado noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
porfiado noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Swedish

1 entries

vippdocka noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Thai

1 entries

ตุ๊กตาล้มลุก noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Turkish

1 entries

hacı yatmaz noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Ukrainian

4 entries

неваляшка noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
невгамовка noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
нелягайка noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
покиванка noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Vietnamese

1 entries

lật đật noun (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Welsh

4 entries

pwt noun (short, plump person (especially a child))
pwtyn noun (short, plump person (especially a child))
roli-poli noun (baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up)
stwcen noun (short, plump person (especially a child))

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Santa Claus is usually drawn as roly-poly. He is almost never skinny.

Source: tatoeba (3856413)

Underneath the cinder block, he found lots of roly-poly bugs and earwigs crawling around.

Source: tatoeba (13627703)

BOBO The Roly Poly Clown / Punch him—beat him—tackle him—Bobo will bounce right back with a smile!

Source: wiktionary

Among the many adaptations of the Japanese tumbler toy are those known to American children as a roly-poly and a Kelly.

Source: wiktionary

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