pudge

British

/ pʌdʒ /

noun

informal a variant of podge

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Etymology

Origin of pudge

C19: of uncertain origin; see _pudgy

Example Sentences

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“People say it’s pudge, but that’s probably just solid muscle,” Mr. Engelman said.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2023

It was a shame, Manny thought, because he had the body type, tall and broad, somewhere under his pale pudge and bad posture.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2023

Viewers from around the world tune in through live cameras placed around the river to watch the hungry bears accumulate a "preponderance of pudge", say the organisers.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2022

For a moment, let us contemplate the dad bod — the abdominal pudge, the softened jaw-line, the comfortable burliness.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2019

“De c’unel dat stubbo’n I jes’ have to talk mighty plain ’fore I could make him pudge erlong,” proudly whispered the servant as he passed me.

From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.

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