- podgy
- adjective (podgier; -est) Etymology: podge something pudgy Date: 1846 chiefly British pudgy
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
podgy
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Podgy — Podg y, a. Fat and short; pudgy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
podgy — 1846, later collateral form of PUDGY (Cf. pudgy) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
podgy — ► ADJECTIVE (podgier, podgiest) Brit. informal ▪ rather fat; chubby … English terms dictionary
podgy — [päj′ē] adj. podgier, podgiest var. of PUDGY … English World dictionary
podgy — UK [ˈpɒdʒɪ] / US [ˈpɑdʒɪ] adjective Word forms podgy : adjective podgy comparative podgier superlative podgiest British informal fat. This word is less unkind than fat a podgy little child … English dictionary
podgy — adj. Podgy is used with these nouns: ↑finger … Collocations dictionary
podgy — [[t]pɒ̱ʤi[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as podgy, you think that they are slightly fat. [BRIT, INFORMAL] (in AM, use pudgy) … English dictionary
podgy — podgily, adv. podginess, n. /poj ee/, adj., podgier, podgiest. Chiefly Brit. pudgy. * * * … Universalium
podgy — adjective Slightly fat. Syn: rotund, stout See Also: podge … Wiktionary
podgy — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
