Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Soft fatty body tissue.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, the cap of any large mushroom. Also flap.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Loose or flaccid body fat.

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  • noun informal Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun loose or flaccid body fat

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from flabby.]

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Back-formation from flabby.

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Examples

  • Of course, like any broad, she takes off until the flab is run off the love-handles, but remember that it was the ship Jenny that got the real one to come around, and considering what it went through at the hands of a mildly-retarded man-child (the fucking thing went through a dock for Chrissakes), that it floated around long enough to produce anything is amazing.

    Top 10 Coolest Boats in Movie History » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • The only thing "real" about snookie besides her flab is her herpes/hep

    The Superficial - Because You're Ugly 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera.

    Musicrooms.net 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera ....

    Musicrooms.net 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera ....

    Musicrooms.net 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera ....

    Musicrooms.net 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera ....

    Musicrooms.net 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera ....

    Musicrooms.net 2010

  • Also, the Finance Ministry claims that under Brodet, during the years 2008 to 2010, the defense establishment was supposed to cut NIS 3 billion in "flab" and to use that money to strengthen its force.

    Haaretz.com headlines RSS 2010

  • Courteney Cox was "scared to death" of showing her "flab" on camera ....

    Musicrooms.net 2010

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    a bloodhound's eyes,

    flab droops.

    - Peter Reading, Travelogue, from Nothing for Anyone, 1977

    June 26, 2008