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podgier

podgier is the comparative form of podgy.

Meaning of podgy

Adjective

podgy (comparative podgier, superlative podgiest)

  1. (informal) Slightly fat.
    Synonyms:
    chubby, pudgy, rotund, stout
  2. (archaic) Stodgy.
    • When you have got him [the horse] clean from all soft podgy food, you must be particular that none but what is clean and wholesome is served to him.1820, Sporting Magazine, page 112

Questions about podgier

What is podgier the comparative form of?
Podgier is the comparative form of podgy.

Words near podgier in the dictionary

  1. podfics
  2. podge
  3. podger
  4. podgers
  5. podges
  6. podgier
  7. podgiest
  8. podgily
  9. podginess
  10. Podgorač
  11. Podgorica

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Adapted from Wiktionary: podgier (page history and authors); podgy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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