# butterball

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #90,242

## Definitions
1. A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
2. An overweight person.
3. A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.
4. A turkey.

## Etymology
From butter + ball.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/butterball