1. Short and plump
   "You're a roly-poly man";
   - dumpy, podgy [Brit, informal], pudgy [informal], tubby

1. [informal] An overweight or obese person
   "The schoolyard bully cruelly called him 'roly-poly'";
   - fatso [informal], fatty [informal], fat person, butterball [N. Amer, informal], blimp [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. [Brit] Pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
   "The roly-poly pudding was a comforting dessert on cold winter nights";
   - roly-poly pudding [Brit]

Derived forms: roly-polies

See also: fat

Type of: large person, pudding [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Roly-poly