butterball

• Nom avec deux sens distincts : peut désigner une personne ronde ou dodue, ou une petite sarcelle nord-américaine dont le mâle a un plumage duveteux caractéristique sur la tête.

A noun with two distinct meanings: it can refer to a plump or rotund person, or to a small North American diving duck, the male of which has a distinctive bushy head plumage.

1. Overweight personB2informalamerican

   A term used informally to describe a person who is round or plump in shape.

   Personne rondelette

   • He was teased as a butterball in school.
   • The character in the movie was a jolly butterball.
   • She called her chubby cat a little butterball.

   Synonymesblimpchubbyfatsofattyporkertubby

2. Small diving duckC1formalamericanscientific

   A small North American diving duck, the male of which has a bushy head plumage.

   Petit garrot

   • We spotted a butterball duck near the lake.
   • The butterball's head plumage is quite distinctive.
   • Ornithologists study the migration patterns of the butterball.

   Synonymesbufflehead