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  • 11a fat lot — little or nothing …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 12a fat lot — Australian Slang little or nothing …

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  • 13fat — fat1 [ fæt ] adjective ** 1. ) a person or animal that is fat has too much flesh on their body and weighs too much: He s got a rather fat face. get fat: She can eat whatever she likes and she never gets fat. 2. ) a fat object is thicker than… …

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  • 14fat — [[t]fæ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ fatter, fattest, fats 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that a person or animal is fat, you mean that they have a lot of flesh on their body and that they weigh too much. You usually use the word fat when you think that this …

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  • 15fat — /fæt / (say fat) adjective (fatter, fattest) 1. having much flesh other than muscle; fleshy; corpulent; obese. 2. having much edible flesh; well fattened: to kill a fat lamb. 3. consisting of, resembling, or containing fat. 4. having a large… …

  • 16fat — fat1 W3S2 [fæt] adj comparative fatter superlative fattest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flesh)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(money)¦ 4 fat chance 5 (a) fat lot of good/use 6 fat cat 7 in fat city 8 grow fat on something …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17fat — 1 adjective 1 FLESH having a lot of flesh on your body, especially too much flesh: You ll get fat if you eat all that chocolate. | That big fat opera singer what s his name? opposite thin 1 (2) 2 THICK OR WIDE thick or wide: Dobbs was smoking a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18fat — fatless, adj. fatlike, adj. /fat/, adj., fatter, fattest, n., v., fatted, fatting. adj. 1. having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 2. plump; well fed: a good, fat chicken. 3. consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily:… …

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  • 19fat */*/ — I UK [fæt] / US adjective Word forms fat : adjective fat comparative fatter superlative fattest Other ways of saying fat: plump slightly fat in a way that looks quite nice: a plump friendly looking man in his forties chubby used especially for… …

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  • 20fat*/*/ — [fæt] adj I 1) a person or animal that is fat has too much flesh on their body and weighs too much She can eat whatever she likes and she never gets fat.[/ex] 2) a fat object is thicker than other objects of the same type a big fat cigar[/ex] 3)… …

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