pudgy
short and fat or thick: an infant's pudgy fingers.
Origin of pudgy
1- Also especially British, podgy.
Other words from pudgy
- pudg·i·ly, adverb
- pudg·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby pudgy
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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.
Tardigrades could teach us how to handle the rigors of space travel | Douglas Fox | July 13, 2022 | Science NewsHe is a pudgy, bespectacled, homburg-wearing cuckold of a Sherlock in those fish-grey postwar years of 1970s England.
Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind | Michael Weiss | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe young, professional players indulged the pudgy kingpin as he kicked his ball around in the dirt.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA 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.
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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.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeI cant let you increase your indebtedness, and his pudgy hand lifted the basket and put it on the shelf behind him.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison"Paul did it," accused Dodo, waving a pudgy, ink-stained little fist in the direction of her brother.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeThe latter snapped pudgy fingers at the querulous Mr. Mitchell by virtue of his powerful partner.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousThe man stopped, uttered an absurd little grunt, and thrust pudgy arms skyward.
Flappers and Philosophers | F. Scott Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for pudgy
/ (ˈpʌdʒɪ) /
Origin of pudgy
1Derived forms of pudgy
- pudgily, adverb
- pudginess, noun
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