7 definitions found for pudgy

pudgy adj 1: short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly]

pudgy adjective (pudgier; -est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1836 being short and plump ; chubby • pudginess noun

pudgy
adj. (pudgier, pudgiest) colloq. (esp. of a person) plump, thickset.
Derivatives:
pudge n. pudgily adv. pudginess n.
Etymology: cf. PODGY

pudgy If you describe someone as pudgy, you mean that they are rather fat in an unattractive way. (AM) He put a pudgy arm around Harry's shoulder. = podgy ADJ

pudgy ˈpʌdʒɪ adj. (pudgier, pudgiest) colloq. (esp. of a person) plump, thickset. øøpudge n. pudgily adv. pudginess n. [cf. PODGY]

Pudgy Pudg"y, a. Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. --Thackeray.

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "pudgy": adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blocky, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, meaty, obese, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, puffy, pug, pugged, pursy, retrousse, roly-poly, rotund, round, roundabout, snub-nosed, squab, square, squat, squattish, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, turned-up, well-fed