- lacking firmness; loose or yielding: flabby muscles
- having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
- lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
flab•by /ˈflæbi/USA pronunciation
adj., -bi•er, -bi•est.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- lacking firmness or tone;
flaccid:flabby muscles.
flab•by
(flab′ē),USA pronunciation adj., -bi•er, -bi•est.
flab′bi•ly, adv.
flab′bi•ness, n.
- hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles;
flaccid. - having such flesh.
- lacking strength or determination.
- 1690–1700; apparently expressive alteration of earlier flappy, with same sense; see flap, -y1; compare late Middle English flabband (attested once), evidently with sense "flapping''
flab′bi•ness, n.
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flabby /ˈflæbɪ/ adj ( -bier, -biest)
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