fat

adj

1. (derogatory, sometimes)Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

   “The fat man had problems going through the door.”

   “The fattest pig should yield the most meat.”

   “1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.”

   “[…] Ruth‐ellen Stark and Elizabeth Ryan are about ten times fatter, but even they can't compare to Bruce…””

   “And there he stood, as uncouth as ever, naked as the day he was born, but fatter and chinnier and even more self-satisfied […]”

2. Thick; large.

   “The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.”

   “The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival.”

3. Bulbous; rotund.

   “So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.”

4. Bountiful.
5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
6. (obsolete)Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

   “Make the heart of this people fat,[…]”

   “1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman making our western wits fat & mean”

7. Fertile; productive.

   “a fat soil; a fat pasture”

   “Land was fatter, soil was rich, hands were many”

8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

   “a fat benefice; a fat office;  a fat job”

   “now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk”

9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

   “, "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected" persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture”

10. (dated)Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.

    “a fat take; a fat page”

11. Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

    “Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot.”

12. Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

    “He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state.”

    “He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value.”

    “Joe Hirakawa, formerly of the Seattle Civic Repertory Theatre, was a waterfront peddler in “Madame Butterfly” and had a fat role in “Beauty Parlor,” an indie.”

13. (slang)Being greatly or substantially such; real.

    “1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.”

14. Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
15. Carrying additional data or functionality.

    “fat client”

    “a fat pointer”

16. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of phat.

    “This isn't a place to talk about “hitting the decks” and making “fat beats”—you're not selling to an industry peer.”

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.

   “Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.”

2. (uncountable, usually)A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.

   “Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.”

3. (countable, usually)A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.

   “Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.”

   “In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils.”

4. (uncountable, usually)That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

   “We need to trim the fat in this company”

5. (slang, uncountable, usually)An erection.

   “I saw Daniel crack a fat.”

6. (uncountable, usually)A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
7. (uncountable, usually)The best or richest productions; the best part.

   “to live on the fat of the land”

8. (dated, uncountable, usually)Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
9. (derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually)A fat person.

   “Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.”

10. (Australia, uncountable, usually)A beef cattle fattened for sale.

    “Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us.”

    “He was droving his mob of fats to Derby, to ship by the southern boat for Fremantle.”

11. (obsolete)A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

    “And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.”

    “In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.”

12. (obsolete)A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
13. A fop or dandy.

    “I took my revenge on this ‘fat’, by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could.”

    “Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any fat in Christendom.”

14. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of file allocation table.
15. (countable, often, specifically, uncountable)Acronym of file allocation table.
16. (countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable)Acronym of file allocation table.
17. (countable, specifically, uncountable)Acronym of file allocation table.
18. (countable, uncountable)Any of a series of genes and their equivalent proteins that are associated with cell proliferation.
19. (England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of full agricultural tenancy.

verb

1. (archaic, transitive)To make fat; to fatten.

   “kill the fatted calf”

2. (archaic, intransitive)To become fat; to fatten.
3. (transitive)To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.

   ““On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.””