Chubby is a word used to describe something that is plump and rounded.
Chubby may also refer to:
People
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Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Roy Chubby Brown (born 3 February 1945) is an English stand-up comedian whose act consists of offensive humour, high profanity, forthright social commentary and outspoken disdain for political correctness.
Early life
Roy Chubby Brown (born ...
(born 1945), a UK stand-up comedian
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Junior Byles
Kenneth Byles (born 2 February 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica), also known as "Junior Byles", "Chubby", or "King Chubby", is a Jamaican reggae singer.Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books,
Biography
The Versatiles
Nam ...
(born 1948), a Jamaican reggae singer also known as "Chubby" or "King Chubby"
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Chubby Carrier
Roy "Chubby" Carrier is an American zydeco musician. He is the leader of Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band.
Biography
Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brot ...
(born 1967), an American zydeco musician
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Andrew Chandler (golfer)
Andrew Haydn "Chubby" Chandler (born 1953) is an English retired professional golfer (European Tour) and current managing director of the Cheshire-based sports management firm International Sports Management (ISM).
Golf career
Chandler is of Tu ...
(born 1953), an English retired golfer
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Norman Chaney
Norman Myers Chaney (October 18, 1914 – May 29, 1936) was an American child actor, notable for appearing in 19 ''Our Gang'' comedies as "Chubby" from 1929 to 1931.
Early life and career
Chaney was born on October 18, 1914 (though Richard ...
(1914–1936), an American actor known as "Chubby" in the "Our Gang" motion picture series
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Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American rock and roll singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including The Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighte ...
(born 1941), the stage name of American singer Ernest Evans, who popularized "The Twist"
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Popa Chubby
Theodore Joseph "Ted" Horowitz (born March 31, 1960 in The Bronx, New York City, United States), who plays under the stage name of Popa Chubby, is an American singer, composer, and guitarist.
Life and career
At age thirteen Horowitz began play ...
, the stage name of American blues performer Theodore "Ted" Horowitz (born 1960)
*William Chubby, a 19th-century organizer of the Church of Christ, a defunct Latter Day Saint sect – see
List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement
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Chubby Cox
John Arthur "Chubby" Cox III (born December 29, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. Cox was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1978 NBA draft and played for the Washington Bullets for one season. He played college basket ...
(born 1955), an American retired basketball player, uncle of Kobe Bryant
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Chubby Dean
Alfred Lovell Dean (August 24, 1915 – December 21, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and first baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1936 to 1941 and the Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American prof ...
(1915–1970), an American Major League Baseball pitcher and first baseman
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Chubby Dudley
Bay Ragni is an American retired professional wrestler and promoter. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 1996 under the ring name Chubby Dudley, one of the Dudley Brothers.
Professional wrestlin ...
, the ring name of American retired professional wrestler Bay Ragni
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Chubby Grigg
Forrest Porter "Chubby" Grigg, Jr. (January 10, 1926 – October 10, 1983) was an American football tackle who played seven seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) in the 1940s and 1950s. Grigg gr ...
(1926–1983), an American National Football League and All-America Football Conference player
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Chubby Hubby, a Singapore blogger
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Chubby Jackson (1918–2003), an American jazz musician and bandleader
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Chubby Johnson (1903–1974), an American character actor
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Chubby Newsom
Velma "Chubby" Newsom or Newsome (January 27, 1920 – September 13, 2003) was an American R&B singer who performed and recorded in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was born either in Detroit, Michigan, or perhaps in Alabama before moving to Detroit ...
(1920–2003), an American R&B singer
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Chubby Oates
Arthur ("Chubby") Oates (23 December 1942 – 10 November 2006) was a Cockney clubland comic and character actor.
Life
Born in Bermondsey, South London Oates started out as a reporter for the ''South London Observer'', he shared an offic ...
(1942–2006), a UK actor and comedian
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Chubby Parker
Frederick R. "Chubby" Parker (1876–1940) was an American Old-time music, old-time and Folk music, folk musician and early radio entertainer.
Background
Parker was born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1876. His grandparents were from Kentucky, and his ...
(1876–1940), an American old-time and folk musician and early radio entertainer
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Charles Gavan Power (1888–1968), a Canadian politician
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Chubby Wise
Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise (October 2, 1915 – January 6, 1996) was an American bluegrass fiddler.
Originally starting out playing the banjo and guitar, Wise began playing fiddle at age 12, working locally in the Jacksonville area. He joined ...
(1915–1996), an American bluegrass fiddler
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Lawrence Woodman
Lawrence "Chubby" Woodman was an entrepreneur and restaurant owner who legend has it invented the fried clam. He opened Woodman's of Essex, first as a clam shack, with his wife Bessie on Main Street in Essex, Massachusetts and sold freshly dug stea ...
, nicknamed "Chubby", an American entrepreneur and restaurant owner who allegedly invented fried clams in 1916
Animals
*Chubby frog, also known as the
banded bull frog and the Asian painted frog
*Chubby Gungan, also known as the
wrinkled toadlet
The wrinkled toadlet (''Uperoleia rugosa'') is a species of small, ground-dwelling frog in the family Myobatrachidae It is endemic to Australia. It is also commonly called the small-headed toadlet, red-groined toadlet or the chubby gungan.
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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Chubby bunny, a recreational game involving the stuffing the participants' mouth with marshmallows or similar items
*Chubby Huggs, a character in the ''
Get Fuzzy'' comic strip
Brands and enterprises
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Chubby (mine detection system)
The Husky VMMD (Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detection) is a configurable counter-IED MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle, developed by South African-based DCD Protected Mobility and American C-IED company Critical Solutions International. ...
, nickname for the Husky VMMD (vehicle-mounted mine detection) family of blast-survivable vehicles
*Chubby, the brand name of a non-alcoholic drink manufactured by
S. M. Jaleel and Company
*Chubby, a
distributed lock manager developed and used by Google
Other uses
*Chubby, slang for an
overweight
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.
, excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with mo ...
or
obese person
*Chubby, slang for a
penile erection
*Chubby, slang for a
spliff
A joint (), also commonly referred to as a "doobie" or "doob", is a rolled cannabis cigarette. Unlike commercial tobacco cigarettes, the user ordinarily hand-rolls joints with rolling papers, though in some cases they are machine-rolled ...
See also
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Chub (disambiguation)
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Chub (gay culture), also called "chubby culture"
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Cubby (disambiguation)
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