Dictionary Definition
fatty adj : containing or composed of fat; "fatty
food"; "fat tissue" [syn: fat] [ant: nonfat] n : a rotund individual
[syn: fatso, fat person,
roly-poly,
butterball] [ant:
thin
person] [also: fattiest, fattier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æti
Adjective
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
- 1896, H.G. Wells,
The Island of Doctor Moreau,
Chapter 14.
- 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.
- 2002, George W.
Bush,
Presidential Radio Address - June 22.
- That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods.
- 1896, H.G. Wells,
The Island of Doctor Moreau,
Chapter 14.
- Like fat; greasy.
- 1861, Charles
Dickens, Great
Expectations,
Chapter 32
- [...] which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth
- 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the
Epidemics, Book II, Section 1.
- On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.
- 1861, Charles
Dickens, Great
Expectations,
Chapter 32
- Literally of 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! http://vbulletin.thesite.org/showthread.php?t=113356
- 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. http://www.amazon.com/review/RH9UUXADA42GQ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
- I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now. http://comments.deviantart.com/4/718221/456809541
- 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. http://www.amazon.com/review/RH9UUXADA42GQ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
- 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! http://vbulletin.thesite.org/showthread.php?t=113356
Derived terms
Translations
like fat
- German: fettig
Noun
- In the context of "pejorative|slang": An obese person.
Translations
erection
- Dutch: stijve
Extensive Definition
Fatty may refer to the following:
In design:
- Fatty container, a record box designed by Finnish designer Harri Koskinen.
In medicine and science:
- Fatty acid, in biochemistry a carboxylic acid.
- Fatty acid metabolism, catabolic processes.
- Fatty alcohol, aliphatic alcohols derived from natural fats and oils.
- Fatty degeneration, the deposit of fat globules in a tissue.
- Fatty liver, a medical condition.
- Fatty streak, the earliest stages of atheroma.
In popular culture:
- Fatty Bear, a fictional teddy bear.
- Fatty Finn, an Australian film.
- Fatty Koo, an American band.
- Fatty McButterpants, an episode of The King of Queens.
- I, Fatty, an American novel by Jerry Stahl.
- Roscoe Arbuckle, a comedian known as Fatty Arbuckle.
- Fredegar Bolger, called "Fatty", character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
- Fatty Lumpkin, a pony from The Lord of the Rings.
- The slang term for an oversized cannabis or hasish joint or blunt.
- A derogatory term for someone who is obese.
See also
- FAT - disambiguation page
fatty in Finnish: Fatty
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adipose, blimp, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory, fat, greasy, heavy, heavyweight, hippo, lardaceous, lardy, lump, mucoid, oily, oleaginous, oleic, potbelly, rich, roly-poly, sebaceous, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, suety, swagbelly, tallowy, tub, tub of lard, tun, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous