pudgy

English

Alternative forms

• pudsy

Etymology

From pudge +‎ -y, or an alteration of pudsy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌdʒi

Adjective

pudgy (comparative pudgier, superlative pudgiest)

1. Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.

   Synonym: podgy

   • 1976 September 29, Richard Flaste, “Viewing Childhood As it Is”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     She's also the pudgiest girl in our class, but not in our grade.

   The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.

   • 2007 September 9, Sara Dickerman, “Olympic Dinners”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta.

   • 2015 September 3, Patrick Boehler, “Trending on Chinese Social Media: Xi’s Salute, an Autocrat’s Son and Winnie the Pooh”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 January 2024, World:

     Censored photos included one of Winnie the Pooh in a car (Internet users in China have long likened Mr. Xi to images of the pudgy bear) and another of the Obama family purportedly watching the parade on television.

Derived terms

• pudgily
• pudginess
• pudgy wudgy

Translations

Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby

• Czech: vypasený, zavalitý, oplácaný
• French: grassouillet (fr), rebondi (fr), replet (fr)
• German: dick (de), fett (de), übergewichtig (de)
• Macedonian: ду́ндест (dúndest)
• Russian: пу́хлый (ru) (púxlyj), пу́хленький (ru) (púxlenʹkij) (diminutive), то́лстый (ru) (tólstyj), то́лстенький (ru) (tólstenʹkij) (diminutive)

See also

• podgy