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fattening the curve

fattening the curve is the present participle and gerund of fatten the curve.

Meaning of fatten the curve

Verb

fatten the curve (third-person singular simple present fattens the curve, present participle fattening the curve, simple past and past participle fattened the curve)

  1. (humorous) To fatten or gain weight due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
    • Did you hear about the town that was fattening the curve so much that the mayor had to take away everyone’s quarantinis?2020 June 2, “Quarantini? Moronavirus? COVID-10? Wordplay Brings Humor to These Times”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fatten, the, curve.
    • Just as important is the pen's ability to dawdle in midstroke, fattening the curve of a y, for example, while pondering whether to follow up with a comma or not.2012 October 23, Edmund Morris, This Living Hand: And Other Essays, Random House Publishing Group, page 93

Questions about fattening the curve

What is fattening the curve the present participle and gerund of?
Fattening the curve is the present participle and gerund of fatten the curve.

Words near fattening the curve in the dictionary

  1. fattener
  2. fatteners
  3. fattenest
  4. fatteneth
  5. fattening
  6. fattening the curve
  7. fattening up
  8. fatteningly
  9. fatteningness
  10. fattenings
  11. fattens

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