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Definition of "butterball" [but•ter•ball]

  • Informal A chubby or fat person. (noun)
  • See bufflehead. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "butterball" in a sentence
  • "Thick top-round cuts are often called butterball steak or London broil, whereas thin cuts are referred to simply as top round steak."
  • "Let the experts take over and call the butterball turkey hotline at 1-800-BUTTERBALL (available from 6am to 6pm, central standard time, on Thanksgiving day)."
  • "I stop myself, though, knowing that all that sugar is just going to turn me into a bummed out butterball."