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skinny fat

skinny fat adjective: both sarcopenic and obese.

Adjective

skinny fat (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Both sarcopenic and obese.
    • One of the characteristic features of being skinny fat is having a large waist relative to your arms, so an easy place to start is by measuring your arms.2025 June 17, Shane Duquette, Marco Walker-Ng, “What is Skinny Fat? And How to Know If You Are”, in Bony to Beastly, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025

Questions about skinny fat

What does skinny fat mean?
Skinny fat means both sarcopenic and obese.
What part of speech is skinny fat?
Skinny fat is an adjective.

Words near skinny fat in the dictionary

  1. skinny dips
  2. skinny diving
  3. skinny down
  4. skinny drink of water
  5. skinny drinks of water
  6. skinny fat
  7. skinny jab
  8. skinny jabs
  9. skinny jeans
  10. skinny legend
  11. skinny legends

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