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pongier

pongier is the comparative form of pongy.

Meaning of pongy

Adjective

pongy (comparative pongier, superlative pongiest)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Having a bad smell.
    • Look, they′ve even put a pair of old pongy socks exactly like mine in the corner by the door, exactly like I bunged them last Sunday. Mind you, they are a bit pongier than I remembered. But mind you, they would get pongier over the week.2001, Ken Campbell, Home, in John O′Connor, Scripts and Sketches, Heinemann Educational, UK, page 79

Questions about pongier

What is pongier the comparative form of?
Pongier is the comparative form of pongy.

Words near pongier in the dictionary

  1. pongers
  2. ponghee
  3. ponghees
  4. pongid
  5. pongids
  6. pongier
  7. pongiest
  8. ponginess
  9. ponging
  10. Ponglish
  11. pongo

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