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Meaning of "puppy fat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUPPY FAT

puppy fat play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUPPY FAT

noun
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puppy fat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUPPY FAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

puppy fat

Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight rather than obese is often used in children as it is less stigmatizing.

Definition of puppy fat in the English dictionary

The definition of puppy fat in the dictionary is fatty tissue that develops in childhood or adolescence and usually disappears by maturity.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUPPY FAT

pupiparous
pupped
puppet
puppet show
puppeteer
puppetlike
puppetry
puppies
pupping
Puppis
puppy
puppy farm
puppy love
puppydom
puppyhood
puppyish
puppyism
puppylike
pupu
pupunha

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUPPY FAT

animal fat
bacon fat
body fat
brown fat
chew the fat
leaf fat
marrow fat
saturated fat
trans fat
vegetable fat
wool fat

Synonyms and antonyms of puppy fat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «puppy fat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUPPY FAT

Find out the translation of puppy fat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puppy fat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puppy fat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小狗发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grasa cachorro
570 millions of speakers

English

puppy fat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिल्ला वसा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الدهون جرو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щенок жира
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gordura cachorro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুকুরছানা চর্বি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

graisse de chiot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemak puppy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Babyspeck
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

子犬の脂肪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

강아지 지방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kirik lemak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con chó con béo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாய்க்குட்டி கொழுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्विष्ठ तरुण चरबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Köpek yağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grasso cucciolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gruby szczeniak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щеня жиру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grăsime catelus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουτάβι λίπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hondjie vet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

valp fett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

valp fett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puppy fat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPPY FAT»

The term «puppy fat» is normally little used and occupies the 135.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPPY FAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «puppy fat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «puppy fat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puppy fat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUPPY FAT»

Discover the use of puppy fat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puppy fat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Puppy Fat
'What section do you want to advertise in?
Morris Gleitzman, 2010
2
Be Smarty
This is the time when she starts gaining puppy fat also. The harassed mother gets all worked up and starts buying all her clothes a size bigger in advance. What actually happens is that when the girls are about nine or ten years old they put on  ...
Seema Gupta, 2007
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Border Collies: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, ...
... require a higher-energy food than most other breeds. Energy is provided in most dog foods in the form of fat. The more fat in a dog food, the more potential energy is available to the dog. But if that fat energy is not burned, it turns to puppy fat.
Michael Devine, 2007
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Puppy Love The Secret to Dog Training
While the puppy will continue to gain weight at this age, it is important that the weight gain reflect the replacement of puppy fat with muscle, not adult fat. It is increasingly important not to overfeed the puppy once he's reached his full height .
Pamela Barr Blaco
5
Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of ...
level.6 For instance, all the four compounds analysed in this section — puppy love ('the love of a very young, immature person'), puppy fat ('plumpness that the boy or girl will shed upon reaching maturity'), hen party ('a party to which only ...
Réka Benczes, 2006
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Lose Belly Fat After Pregnancy:
These things are never published in magazines and newspapers generally so it is difficult to work out how they lose their post pregnancy puppy fat. Definitely it is not easy task for average women in the home who manages all things including ...
V.T., 2014
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Psychoanalysis and Pedagogy
At the age of eleven, when I was showing a considerable amount of "puppy fat," I remember being taken to the doctors, who pointed out stretch marks on my thighs and buttocks, saying that women had these after childbirth. Secretly I came ...
Stephen Appel, 2008
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A Matter of Fat: Understanding and Overcoming Obesity in Kids
Some people think overweight children will grow out of their 'puppy fat'. Sadly, puppy fat tends to become a faithful hound and obesity in children rarely corrects itself spontaneously. Some direct intervention is vital. Physical activity If any of us  ...
Rosemary Stanton, Andrew P. Hills, 2004
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Perfect Health - Fitness & Slimming
Some teenagers and their parents use the term puppy fat to describe increased fatness during adolescent years. It is true that the changes in sex hormones during these years will lead to an increase in body fat in girls, but any over-eating  ...
S. K. Prasoon, 2012
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Special
'You'll be fine. It's just a bit of puppy fat, that's all.' Jules recoiled. 'Puppy fat?' 'It goes. Don't worry.' 'Wh-when?' 'Whenever. Soon. Couple of years, you'll be gorgeous.' Puppy fat? Jules felt something begin to ache behind her eyes. Oh my God ...
Bella Bathurst, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUPPY FAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puppy fat is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lose the puppy fat: study has a bone to pick with Crufts' dumpy dogs
Lose the puppy fat: study has a bone to pick with Crufts' dumpy dogs. One in four dogs shown at Crufts are overweight according to research, with pugs, basset ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Childhood obesity timebomb: Are your kids too fat? Here's what you …
Children carrying a bit of puppy fat is not unusual and, as most parents know, they ... child was too fat, even though 369 being officially identified as overweight. «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
3
Katie Hopkins strikes again! This time, attacks "fat" Kelly Clarkson
It is fat. Quit calling it cute names to make yourself feel better. "Baby weight, puppy fat, muffin top. We're so weakwilled we have to make up cute names for fat. «Reveal, Feb 15»
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So long, puppy fat! Formerly obese dachshund sheds an incredible …
A FORMERLY obese dachshund has become the world's latest thinspiration after shedding an incredible FOUR stone and releasing an animal weight loss ... «Express.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Clinic helps dogs fight puppy fat
Clinic helps dogs fight puppy fat. Humans have spent billions of dollars in the battle against the bulge and now there's extra help at hand to assist man's best ... «Yahoo!7 News, Sep 14»
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London critics get vicious over 'fat' opera lead Tara Erraught
“She is a chubby bundle of puppy fat,” fumed the Financial Times' Andrew Clement, who went on to suggest the Glyndebourne Festival had no business casting ... «National Post, May 14»
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Parents are 'in denial' over their fat children: 75% refuse to admit …
Three quarters of parents with fat children are in denial about their children's ... was too fat, many claimed it was just 'puppy fat' or their genes, The Times reports. «Daily Mail, Feb 14»
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Fighting that puppy fat! Canine 'obesity epidemic' sparks trend for …
Over half of America's dogs are obese according to new findings and now weight loss spas are cropping up to help pudgy pooches get in shape. The Morris ... «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
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Will Skelton (then 142kg) with Wycliff Palu in 2010. Picture: Brett …
Still carrying puppy fat, Skelton was a staggering 142kg but The Daily Telegraph's story and picture would change his life. "I was playing league mainly at the ... «Courier Mail, May 13»
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Obesity: Sorry, your child's puppy fat isn't cute: It could be a sign of …
'The puppy fat stage tends to be just before a major growth stage, so in early childhood and then again around the ages of six or seven. 'As they grow, they lose ... «Daily Mail, Jan 13»

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