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podgy
Word definitions for podgy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Podgy \Podg"y\, a. Fat and short; pudgy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1846, later collateral form of pudgy (q.v.).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Francis was too fat, his face was podgy and he had a paunch. ▪ He's cute, and podgy . ▪ One is podgy loser Philippe, a cultural philosopher who for years has been failing to get his doctorate accepted. ▪ The statues of Faith, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. short and fat [syn: dumpy , pudgy , tubby ] [also: podgiest , podgier ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Slightly fat.
Usage examples of podgy.
The drome was lurching towards her, podgy white fingers grasping the air.
But already de Batz had quickly joined his friend, and his smooth, pleasant voice, and podgy, beringed hand extended towards Mlle.
Richard blushed, and his eyes sought something else to stare at other photographs, framed and hung, of grinning or glowering movie stars: examples, like the loaf-shaped paper-napkin dispensers and the fluted sugar-pours and the podgy old jukebox, of the eminently exportable culture to which the Canal Creperie had dedicated itself.
The podgy specimen one step ahead of him represented the Pertane Model Rocket Builders Club.