- roly-poly n Brit
- ['rəʊlɪ'pəʊlɪ]
Culin rotolo di pasta con ripieno di marmellata
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roly-poly n Brit
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roly-poly — ► NOUN (also roly poly pudding) Brit. ▪ a pudding made of a sheet of suet pastry covered with jam or fruit, formed into a roll, and steamed or baked. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ round and plump. ORIGIN fanciful formation from ROLL(Cf. ↑roll) … English terms dictionary
roly-poly — adjective informal round and plump. noun 1》 (also roly poly pudding) Brit. a pudding made of a sheet of suet pastry covered with jam or fruit, formed into a roll, and steamed or baked. 2》 Austral. a bushy tumbleweed. [Salsola kali and other… … English new terms dictionary
roly-poly — [rō′lē pō′lē] adj. [redupl. of ROLL] short and plump; pudgy n. pl. roly polies 1. a roly poly thing or person, esp. a child 2. Chiefly Brit. a pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam, rolled up, and boiled, steamed, etc. 3. Austral. a… … English World dictionary
roly-poly — ro•ly po•ly [[t]ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, ˌpoʊ li[/t]] adj. n. pl. lies 1) short and plumply round 2) a roly poly person or thing 3) brit. coo Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked •… … From formal English to slang
roly-poly — /roh lee poh lee, poh lee/, adj., n., pl. roly polies. adj. 1. short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal. n. 2. a roly poly person or thing. 3. Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and … Universalium
plump — adjective Syn: fat, chubby, rotund, ample, round, stout, portly, overweight; informal tubby, roly poly, pudgy; Brit.; informal podgy; N.Amer.; informal zaftig, corn fed Ant: thin … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
Great Britain — noun 1. a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑United Kingdom,… … Useful english dictionary
round — adj 1. circular, cycloid, disklike, discoid; ring shaped, ringlike, ringed, hoop, hooplike, hooped, rotiform, annular; cylindrical, tubular; spherical, spheroidal, spheroid, spheric, spheral, spheroidic, ball shaped, globelike, globe shaped,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
