fatty
UK/ˈfæt.i/US/ˈfæt.i/
fatty adjective: containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
Adjective
fatty (comparative fattier, superlative fattiest)
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
- fatty tissues
- fatty meats
- Like fat; greasy.
- Synonyms:
- fatlike
- Of or related to fat.
- fatty acid
- fatty alcohol
- Literally or figuratively large.
- Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward!2007, getting rid of weed smell tips
- Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book.2007, A. Bryant, Disappointment to Say the Least
Noun
fatty (plural fatties)
- An obese person.
- It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty!
- A large marijuana cigar; a blunt.
- We went to Plaster Creek, smoked a fattie, and emerged doing somersaults and cartwheels and laughing.2004, Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman, Scar Tissue
- A type of game played with marbles.
fatty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fatty in Hindi
- fat person
- मोटू moṭū, मोटी moṭī
fatty in Tamil
- கொழுப்புள்ள
fatty in Urdu
- موٹو
fatty in Bengali
- মেদবহুল, বসাযুক্ত, চর্বিপূর্ণ, মেদযুক্ত, চর্বিময়, চর্বিবৎ
More languagesFewer languages
- fatty in Malayalam
- മാംസളമായ, കൊഴുപ്പുള്ള, കൊഴുപ്പു നിറഞ്ഞ, കൊഴുപ്പുകൂടിയ
- fatty in Punjabi
- ਚਰਬੀਦਾਰ, ਫੈਟੀ
- fatty in Gujarati
- ચરબીયુક્ત
- fatty in Assamese
- তেলাল telal
- fatty in Nepali
- फ्याटी
- fatty in Malay
- berlemak, lemak, gemuk
- fatty in Persian
- چرب čarb
- fatty in Myanmar
- ဖတ်တီး hpatti:
Examples of fatty in a sentence
- Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Chapter 14”, in The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction; 52), London...
- That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods.2002, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address - June 22:
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
- […]which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, “CHAPTER XXXII”, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London...
Synonyms of fatty
Forms of fatty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | fattier |
| superlative | fattiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | fatties |
| alternative form | fattie |
Origin of fatty
From Middle English fatty, equivalent to fat + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fattig (“fatty”), Dutch vettig (“fatty, greasy”), German Low German fettig (“fatty”), German fettig (“fatty”).
From fat + -y (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from fatty
Phrases with fatty
- fatty oils
- fatty acids
- fatty livers
- fatty cutties
- fatty alcohols
- fatty bom boms
- ω-3 fatty acid
- ω-6 fatty acid
- free fatty acid
- ω-3 fatty acids
- ω-6 fatty acids
- free fatty acids
19 more phrasesFewer phrases
- trans fatty acid
- trans fatty acids
- omega-3 fatty acid
- omega-6 fatty acid
- fatty boombalatties
- omega-3 fatty acids
- omega-6 fatty acids
- essential fatty acid
- saturated fatty acid
- essential fatty acids
- saturated fatty acids
- unsaturated fatty acid
- unsaturated fatty acids
- nonesterified fatty acid
- non-esterified fatty acid
- nonesterified fatty acids
- non-esterified fatty acids
- polyunsaturated fatty acid
- polyunsaturated fatty acids
Words that rhyme with fatty
Questions about fatty
- What does fatty mean?
- Fatty means containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
- What is fatty in Hindi?
- Fatty in Hindi is मोटू (moṭū), मोटी (moṭī). See Fatty meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use fatty in a sentence?
- Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.
- What part of speech is fatty?
- Fatty can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fatty?
- Fatty is pronounced /ˈfæt.i/ (UK).
Words near fatty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fatty (page history and authors); fatty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fatty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fatty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fatty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fatty (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); তেলাল (Assamese) (page history and authors); fatty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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