Meaning of the word fatty in English

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fatty

US /ˈfæt̬.i/

UK /ˈfæt.i/

containing a lot of fat

Example:

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Avoid fatty foods if you want to lose weight.

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This cut of meat is too fatty for my taste.

Synonym:

greasy oily adipose lardy suety

a fat person (often used as a derogatory term)

Example:

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He was called a fatty by the bullies at school.

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Don't be rude and call people fatty.

Synonym:

chubby plump stout corpulent obese

Related Word:

fatty acid trans fatty acid