puggy
/ˈpʌɡi/
puggy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pug dog. Also the alternative form of pagi.
Adjective
puggy (comparative puggier, superlative puggiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.
- a puggy nose
- Mr Macgregor was a large, heavy man, rather past forty, with a kindly, puggy face, […]1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC; republished as chapter 2, in Burmese Days (ebook no. 0200051h.html)...
- sticky, claylike
- Synonyms:
- claggy
Also used as
puggy is also the alternative form of pagi.
Synonyms of puggy
Forms of puggy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | puggier |
| superlative | puggiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | puggies |
Origin of puggy
From pug + -y.
Words formed from puggy
Words that rhyme with puggy
Questions about puggy
- What does puggy mean?
- Puggy means resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.
- What part of speech is puggy?
- Puggy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce puggy?
- Puggy is pronounced /ˈpʌɡi/.
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