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plumpkin

plumpkin noun: a fat person.

Noun

plumpkin (plural plumpkins)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) A fat person.
    • On one FA's answering machine, he says, “Have you complimented a plumpkin today?”2019, Erich Goode, Deviant Behavior

Forms of plumpkin

pluralplumpkins

Origin of plumpkin

From plump + -kin; the suffix is not normally productive, so likely formed under the influence of pumpkin.

Questions about plumpkin

What does plumpkin mean?
Plumpkin means a fat person.
What part of speech is plumpkin?
Plumpkin is a noun.
What is the plural of plumpkin?
The plural of plumpkin is plumpkins.

Words near plumpkin in the dictionary

  1. plumpish
  2. plumpishly
  3. plumpishness
  4. plumpitude
  5. plumpitudes
  6. plumpkin
  7. plumpkins
  8. plumply
  9. plumpness
  10. plumpnesses
  11. plumps

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