Adjective

(er)

Of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft.

Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.

Of a body part, containing a moderate amount of fat.

It's quite normal for healthy babies to have chubby cheeks.

Adjective

(er)

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}

Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Heavy in build; thickset.

* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle

As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.

Densely crowded or packed.

* , chapter=3

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

Having a viscous consistency.

Abounding in number.

Impenetrable to sight.

Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

(informal) Stupid.

(informal) Friendly or intimate.

* T. Hughes

We have been thick ever since.

Deep, intense, or profound.

* Shakespeare

thick sleep