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big-boned

big-boned adjective: of a person or animal: large but not obese.

Adjective

big-boned (comparative more big-boned, superlative most big-boned)

  1. Of a person or animal: large but not obese.
    • […] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor.1904, Rudyard Kipling, They
  2. (euphemistic, humorous) Fat, obese.
    • Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet.2009, Harold Schechter, The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End

Forms of big-boned

comparativemore big-boned
superlativemost big-boned
alternative formbig boned

Questions about big-boned

What does big-boned mean?
Big-boned means of a person or animal: large but not obese.
What part of speech is big-boned?
Big-boned is an adjective.

Words near big-boned in the dictionary

  1. big yus
  2. big, fat, hairy deal
  3. big, fat, hairy deals
  4. big-ass
  5. big-body
  6. big-boned
  7. big-boob
  8. big-box
  9. big-box store
  10. big-box stores
  11. big-boy britches

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