Chubby is a word used to describe something that is plump and rounded. Chubby may also refer to:

People

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 *

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" *

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 * Andrew Chandler (golfer) (born 1953), an English retired golfer *

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 *

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" *

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 The denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement are sometimes collectively referred to as ''Mormonism''. Although some denominations oppose the use of this term because they consider it derogatory, it is especially used when referring to the l ...

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 *

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 pro ...

(1915–1970), an American Major League Baseball pitcher and first baseman *

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 *

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 * Chubby Hubby, a Singapore blogger *

Chubby Jackson Greig Stewart "Chubby" Jackson (October 25, 1918 – October 1, 2003) was an American jazz double-bassist and band leader. Biography Born in New York City, Jackson began at the age of seventeen as a clarinetist, but quickly changed to bass in ...

(1918–2003), an American jazz musician and bandleader *

Chubby Johnson Charles Randolph "Chubby" Johnson (August 13, 1903 – October 31, 1974) was an American film and television supporting character actor with a genial demeanor and warm, country-accented voice. Early years Johnson was the son of entertaine ...

(1903–1974), an American character actor *

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, Detroit, Michigan, or perhaps in Alabama before moving to ...

(1920–2003), an American R&B singer * Chubby Oates (1942–2006), a UK actor and comedian *

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 *

Charles Gavan Power Charles Gavan "Chubby" Power, (18 January 1888 – 30 May 1968) was a Canadian politician and ice hockey player. Many members of his family, including his father, two brothers, a son and a grandson, all had political careers; two of his br ...

(1888–1968), a Canadian politician *

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 *

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 ste ...

, 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 The banded bullfrog (''Kaloula pulchra'') is a species of frog in the narrow-mouthed frog family Microhylidae. Native to Southeast Asia, it is also known as the Asian painted frog, digging frog, Malaysian bullfrog, common Asian frog, and painte ...

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. Des ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Chubby bunny, a recreational game involving the stuffing the participants' mouth with marshmallows or similar items *Chubby Huggs, a character in the ''

Get Fuzzy ''Get Fuzzy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. It features Boston advertising executive Rob Wilco and his two anthropomorphic pets, a dog, Satchel Pooch, and a cat, Bucky Katt. While there have been no new co ...

'' comic strip

Brands and enterprises

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 Operating systems use lock managers to organise and serialise the access to resources. A distributed lock manager (DLM) runs in every machine in a cluster, with an identical copy of a cluster-wide lock database. In this way a DLM provides software ...

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 ...

obese Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may negatively affect health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's we ...

person *Chubby, slang for a

penile erection An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firm, engorged, and enlarged. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, vascular, ...

*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 ...

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