/ Dictionary / Index B butterball: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: but•ter•ball Pronunciation: (but'ur-bôl"), [key] — n. the bufflehead. a chubby person. an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: butterball (Thesaurus) butter-and-eggs butter bean Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language