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Definition: Flab |
FlabNoun1. Loose or flaccid body fat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Flab" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Flab" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.43% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.86% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "flab": flab-faced, flab-fighting. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flab | 23 |
lose flab | 6 |
flab underarm | 5 |
arm flab | 4 |
flab get rid | 4 |
flab stomach | 4 |
arm exercise flab | 3 |
belly flab | 2 |
arm flab under | 2 |
exercise flab underarm | 2 |
flab losing | 2 |
flab tummy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flab"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | شحم (fat, grease, lard, lubricate, oil, palm). (various references) | |
French | lard, graisse (flesh). (various references) | |
German | fettpolster (bulge, padding), speck (bacon, beef), polster (cushion, pad, pads). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 贅肉 (excess flesh). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜいにく (excess flesh). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abflay.(various references) | |
Russian | вялые мускулы. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flab": flabbergast, flabbergasted, flabbergasting, flabbergastingly, flabbergasts, flabbier, flabbiest, flabbily, flabbiness, flabbinesses, flabby, flabella, flabellate, flabelliform, flabellum, flabs. (additional references) | |
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"Flab" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elab, faba, Fabc, fabi, fabl, fawb, fla, flabs, flaby, flad, Flaf, flahbe, flamb, flaq, Flasby, flav, Flaxby, flb, fleb, flib, flibi, flob, flubb, fluby, foab, lfa, nlab, nlba, plab. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flab" (pronounced fla"b) |
| 3 | -l a" b | lab, slab. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-f-l" | |
-1 letter: alb, bal, lab. | |
-2 letters: ab, al, ba, fa, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-f-l" | |
+1 letter: fable, flabs. | |
+2 letters: baffle, bagful, barfly, befall, beflag, beflea, behalf, fabled, fabler, fables, fibula, flabby, flambe. | |
+3 letters: affable, affably, baffled, baffler, baffles, bagfuls, bagsful, bailiff, baleful, baneful, bashful, batfowl, beefalo, befalls, beflags, befleas, bifilar, bifocal, boatful, boffola, buffalo, effable, fablers, fabliau, fabling, fabular, fadable, falbala, fibulae, fibular, fibulas, finable, fixable, flambee, flambes, flatbed, fleabag, flyable, flyboat, friable. | |
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