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pudsy

/ˈpʌd.zi/

pudsy adjective: slightly fat; pudgy, chubby.

Adjective

pudsy (comparative more pudsy or pudsier, superlative most pudsy or pudsiest)

  1. (rare) Slightly fat; pudgy, chubby.
    • I wanted to sully the hedgehog's pudsy, fuddlesome reputation and discover that the females were somehow harlots and the males were skulduggerous peddlers of filth.2014, Jules Howard, “The Greatest Story Never Told” (chapter 12), in Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction, New York City: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 215

Noun

pudsy (plural not attested)

  1. (dated, endearing, no plural) A nickname for a chubby or pudgy person, especially a baby.
    • Pixie cried, "Food values my father's foot! All she knows about food, Mrs Fry, is how to feed her own fat face!" Brownie the little echo trilled, "That's why she's such a pudsey!"1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Melbourne: Angus & Robertson, page 16

Forms of pudsy

comparativemore pudsy
comparativepudsier
superlativemost pudsy
superlativepudsiest
alternative formpudsey

Origin of pudsy

From pud (“pudding”) + -sy.

Words that rhyme with pudsy

Questions about pudsy

What does pudsy mean?
Pudsy means slightly fat; pudgy, chubby.
What part of speech is pudsy?
Pudsy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce pudsy?
Pudsy is pronounced /ˈpʌd.zi/.

Words near pudsy in the dictionary

  1. PUDO
  2. Pudong
  3. pudor
  4. puds
  5. pudsey
  6. pudsy
  7. Pudtol
  8. pudu
  9. Puducherry
  10. Pudukkottai
  11. pudus

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