puppy fat

English

Noun

puppy fat (uncountable)

1. (informal) The natural fat on the body of a child that normally disappears at adolescence.
   • 1972, Georgette Heyer, Lady Of Quality, London: The Bodley Head, page 87:

     "I was not pudding-faced!" "Oh, believe me, you were! You hadn't lost your puppy-fat."

Synonyms

• baby fat

Translations

natural fat on the body of a child

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胖嘟嘟 (zh) (pàngdūdū) (no equivalent exists; lit. "fat in a cute way"), 小兒虛胖／小儿虚胖 (xiǎo'ér xūpàng) (infant puffiness)

• Czech: dětská baculatost f
• Danish: hvalpefedt n
• Faroese: hvølpafiti f
• Finnish: vauvarasva
• German: Babyspeck (de) m
• Icelandic: hvolpafita
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: valpefett n

  Nynorsk: kvalpefeitt n, kvelpefeitt n

• Slovak: detská baculatosť f