podgy

English

Etymology

From podge +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒd͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑd͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒdʒi

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

podgy (comparative podgier, superlative podgiest)

1. (informal) Slightly fat.

   Synonyms: chubby, pudgy, rotund, stout

2. (archaic, of food) Stodgy.
   • 1820, Sporting Magazine, page 112:

     When you have got him [the horse] clean from all soft podgy food, you must be particular that none but what is clean and wholesome is served to him.

Related terms

• podge

Translations

slightly fat

• Bulgarian: дундест (bg) (dundest)
• French: enrobé (fr), replet (fr)
• German: pummelig (de), moppelig, mollig (de), rundlich (de)
• Swedish: knubbig (sv), plufsig (sv), rultig

See also

• pudgy