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pudgy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/

Etymology

From pudge + -y, or an alteration of pudsy.

Meanings

1. Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
   • The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.
   • My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta. 2007 September 9, Sara Dickerman, “Olympic Dinners”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2017:
   • She's also the pudgiest girl in our class, but not in our grade. 1976 September 29, Richard Flaste, “Viewing Childhood As it Is”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022:
   • Censored photos included one of Winnie the Pooh in a car (Internet users in China have long likened Mr. Xi to images of the pudgy bear) and another of the Obama family purportedly watching the parade on television. 2015 September 3, Patrick Boehler, “Trending on Chinese Social Media: Xi’s Salute, an Autocrat’s Son and Winnie the Pooh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2024, World:

Forms

Deriveds

pudgy wudgy · pudgily · pudginess

Relateds

podgy

Synonyms

podgy

Translations (16)

de dick (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · cs zavalitý (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · cs vypasený (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · de übergewichtig (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · xal пампһр (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · fr rebondi (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · de fett (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · fr grassouillet (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · ru пу́хлый (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · cs oplácaný (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · it ciccia (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · ru то́лстенький (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · ru пу́хленький (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · fr replet (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · ru то́лстый (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby) · mk ду́ндест (Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby)