pudgy
/ˈpʌd͡ʒi/
pudgy adjective: fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
Adjective
pudgy (comparative pudgier, superlative pudgiest)
- Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
- The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- podgy
pudgy meaning in Hindi and Kannada
pudgy in Hindi
- pudgy, chubby, plump
- थुलथुल thulthul
pudgy in Kannada
- ದುಂಡುದುಂಡಾಗಿರುವ, ದಷ್ಟಪುಷ್ಟವಾಗಿರುವ, ಗಿಡ್ಡ ಮತ್ತು ದಪ್ಪ
Examples of pudgy in a sentence
- Mike is surfer-blond, like Ricky in Germany; his hair is shorter, accentuating his somewhat pudgy countenance.
- I defend the pudgy Sancho Panzas, the rotund Ragueneaus, and the sentimental Samwise Gamgees of the world.
- He put away the receiver with a twiddle of pudgy fingers.
Synonyms of pudgy
Forms of pudgy
| comparative | pudgier |
|---|---|
| superlative | pudgiest |
| alternative form | pudsy |
Origin of pudgy
From pudge + -y, or an alteration of pudsy.
Words formed from pudgy
Phrases with pudgy
Words that rhyme with pudgy
Questions about pudgy
- What does pudgy mean?
- Pudgy means fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
- What is pudgy in Hindi?
- Pudgy in Hindi is थुलथुल (thulthul). See Pudgy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pudgy?
- Pudgy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pudgy?
- Pudgy is pronounced /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/.
Words near pudgy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pudgy (page history and authors); थुलथुल (Hindi) (page history and authors); pudgy (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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