fatty

comparative fattier · superlative fattiest

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.

   fatty meats

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   fatty tissues

   Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.

   1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Chapter 14”, in The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction; 52), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball, 1896, →OCLC

   1. Sometimes, especially, containing excess fat.

      fatty liver

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      fatty pancreas

      That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods.

      2002, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address - June 22

      As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

      2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist

      Synonyms: steatotic

2. Like fat; greasy.

   Synonyms: fatlike

3. Of or related to fat.

   fatty acid

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   fatty alcohol

   1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1. On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.

   […]which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth

   1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, “CHAPTER XXXII”, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC

4. slangLiterally or figuratively large.

   I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now.

   2007, Rimma http://comments.deviantart.com/4/718221/456809541

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   Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward!

   2007, getting rid of weed smell tips

   Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book.

   2007, A. Bryant, Disappointment to Say the Least

plural fatties · alternative fattie

1. derogatoryslangAn obese person.

   It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty!

2. slangA large marijuana cigar; a blunt.

   We went to Plaster Creek, smoked a fattie, and emerged doing somersaults and cartwheels and laughing.

   2004, Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman, Scar Tissue

3. A type of game played with marbles.