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pudgy [ puhj -ee ] SHOW IPA
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adjective, pudg·i·er, pudg·i·est.
short and fat or thick: an infant's pudgy fingers.
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especially British ,
podgy .
Origin of pudgy First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain
OTHER WORDS FROM pudgy pudg·i·ly, adverb pudg·i·ness, noun
Words nearby pudgy puddling ,
puddock ,
pudency ,
pudendum ,
pudge ,
pudgy ,
Pudovkin ,
Pudsey ,
pudu ,
Puducherry ,
Puebla
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How to use pudgy in a sentence In homage to such habitats, along with a pudgy appearance, some people call tardigrades water bears or, adorably, moss piglets.
He is a pudgy , bespectacled, homburg-wearing cuckold of a Sherlock in those fish-grey postwar years of 1970s England.
The young, professional players indulged the pudgy kingpin as he kicked his ball around in the dirt.
A pudgy , bald man in a suit and sweater ensemble stands in an opening between two of the newly erected walls.
He was a pudgy young boy and eventually fell in with a bad crowd.
Some hung-over mornings he looks into the mirror and finds a pudgy Nosferatu looking back at him.
The Briton, holding the documents in a pudgy hand, looked at the swift-gestured director with portentous solemnity.
I cant let you increase your indebtedness, and his pudgy hand lifted the basket and put it on the shelf behind him.
"Paul did it," accused Dodo, waving a pudgy , ink-stained little fist in the direction of her brother.
The latter snapped pudgy fingers at the querulous Mr. Mitchell by virtue of his powerful partner.
The man stopped, uttered an absurd little grunt, and thrust pudgy arms skyward.
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British Dictionary definitions for pudgy
adjective pudgier or pudgiest
a variant spelling (esp US) of podgy
Derived forms of pudgy pudgily , adverb pudginess , noun Word Origin for pudgy C19: of uncertain origin; compare earlier pudsy plump, perhaps from Scottish pud stomach, plump child
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