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fat as a barrel

fat as a barrel phrase: very fat or obese.

Phrase

fat as a barrel

  1. (simile) Very fat or obese.

Questions about fat as a barrel

What does fat as a barrel mean?
Fat as a barrel means very fat or obese.
What part of speech is fat as a barrel?
Fat as a barrel is a phrase.

Words near fat as a barrel in the dictionary

  1. fat activist
  2. fat activists
  3. fat and happy
  4. fat arrow
  5. fat arrows
  6. fat as a barrel
  7. fat as a fool
  8. fat as a house
  9. fat as a pig
  10. fat ball
  11. fat balls

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