roly poly
Short and rotund
Roly-poly describes something round and pudgy, usually in an affectionate way: a roly-poly baby, a roly-poly puppy.
The term suggests cheerful plumpness rather than criticism.
A roly-poly is also a small gray crustacean that rolls into a ball when disturbed—also called a pill bug or woodlouse.
In British cooking, a roly-poly is a suet pudding rolled with jam.
- pudgySlightly fat, softly round
- roundCurved like circle
- plumpAgreeably fat, well-filled
- chubbySlightly plump, endearingly
- baby fatInfant's natural plumpness
tubby · pillbug · pill bug · woodlouse · somersault · tumble · waddle · bounce · curl · curled up · ball · armadillo · crustacean · garden · garden pest · soil · damp · gray
- isopodsisopod, pill bug, pillbug, woodlouse, sow bug
- rhyming reduplicativesflip flop, hip hop, tip top, zigzag, ping pong
- bug nicknamesbug, critter, creepy crawly, crawler, pest
- invertebrate petstarantula, hermit crab, praying mantis, emperor scorpion, scorpion
- Victorian sweetsVictoria sponge, plum pudding, Christmas pudding, figgy pudding, trifle
- bugsbeetle, cricket, bug, firefly, cockroach