roly-poly

adjective

1. short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal.

noun, plural ro·ly-po·lies.

2. a roly-poly person or thing.
3. Chiefly British. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked.

adjective

1. plump, buxom, or rotund

noun plural -lies

2. British a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding
3. a plump, buxom, or rotund person
4. Australian an informal name for tumbleweed

adj.

“short and stout,” 1820, probably a varied reduplication of roll (v.). As a noun, it was used as the name of various ball games from 1713, and it was used as early as 1610s in the sense of “rascal.” As an appellation of a short, stout person, from 1836.