flabby
pronunciation
How to pronounce flabby in British English:
UK [ˈflæbi]
How to pronounce flabby in American English:
US [ˈflæbi]
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- Adjective:
- lacking firmness or stiffness
Word Origin
- flabby (adj.)
- 1690s, regarded as a softened variant of flappy, which is recorded in the sense of "softly fleshy" from 1590s; see flap (n.). Related: Flabbily; flabbiness.
Example
- 1. Flabby and repetitive writing explains some of this heft .
- 2. Flabby upper arms can creep up on you as you age .
- 3. When I compare my flabby tummy to a kangaroo pouch , say nothing .
- 4. Nudists are old and flabby
- 5. Her partner was tall and flabby , his stomach protruding from under his t-shirt .