FLAB

Meaning of FLAB in English

/ flæb; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( informal , disapproving ) soft, loose flesh on a person's body

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WORD ORIGIN

1950s: back-formation from flabby .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

FLAB — noun Etymology: back-formation from ~by Date: 1951 soft ~by body tissue
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLAB — ˈflab noun ( -s ) Etymology: back-formation from flabby : soft flabby body tissue
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLAB — /flab/ , n. 1. flabby flesh; unwanted fat: Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLAB — n. fat, excess body weight
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLAB — noun Etymology: back-formation from flabby Date: 1951 : soft flabby body tissue
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLAB — ■ noun informal soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat. Origin 1950s: back-form. from ~by .
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLAB — [flab] n [back-formation fr. flabby] (1951): soft flabby body tissue
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAB — flab BrE AmE flæb
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLAB — flab /flæb/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] informal [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: flabby ] soft loose flesh on a person’s …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAB — n. colloq. fat; flabbiness. [imit., or back-form. f. FLABBY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLAB — n. colloq. fat; flabbiness. [ imit., or back-form. f. FLABBY ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLAB — n. colloq. fat; flabbiness. Etymology: imit., or back-form. f. FLABBY
Oxford English vocab
FLAB — If you say that someone has flab , you mean they have loose flesh on their body because they are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAB — If you say that someone has ~, you mean they have loose flesh on their body because they are rather …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLAB — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ My workout video will help you get rid of that flab . EXAMPLES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLAB — [noun] [U] - soft loose flesh on someone's bodyI can feel the flab building up around my waist - I …
Cambridge English vocab
FLAB — n. 25B6; noun (informal) FAT, excessive weight, fatness, plumpness; paunch, pot belly, beer gut.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLAB — сущ.; разг. вялые мускулы (разговорное) вялые мускулы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAB — n разг. вялые мускулы
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLAB — сущ.; разг.вялые мускулы
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLAB — (n) вялые мускулы
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FLAB — n разг. вялые мускулы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FLAB — n разг. вялые мускулы
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLAB — сущ. ; разг. жировые скалдки, жир ( на теле ) She's gone on a diet to fight the flab. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLAB — сущ.; разг. жировые скалдки, жир (на теле) She's gone on a diet to fight the flab. — Она села на диету, чтобы …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLAB — _n. _собир. вялые мускулы
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FLAB — n. собир. вялые мускулы
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FLAB — сущ.; разг. вялые мускулы (разговорное) вялые мускулы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAB — n. Pronunciation: ' flab Function: noun Etymology: back-formation from flabby Date: 1951 : soft flabby body tissue
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLABBY — [flab.by] adj flab.bi.er ; -est [alter. of flappy] (1697) 1: lacking resilience or firmness: flaccid 2: weak and ineffective: feeble …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLABBERGAST — [flab.ber.gast] vt [origin unknown] (1772): to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder: dumbfound syn see surprise -- flab.ber.gast.ing.ly adv
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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