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Definition of flab

flab

/flæb/
flab
Adverb:flabbily
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Adjective:flabby
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flab Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

Soft, loose, or excess flesh on a person's body; fat.

Example

"Regular cardiovascular exercise and strength training helped him tone his muscles and lose the extra flab around his waist."

2

Unnecessary, superfluous, or inefficient material, expenditure, or content within an organization or work.

Example

"The editor cut fifty pages of narrative flab to make the novel's pacing much tighter."

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• Rhymes for flab

• Nearby Words

fizzy
fjallfoss
fjord
flab
flabbergast
flabbergasted
flabbiness

Word Origin & Etymology

Coined in the mid-20th century as an informal back-formation from the adjective 'flabby', which itself altered the earlier word 'flappy' (from the verb 'flap').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Flab. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/flab
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