pudgy

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

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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.

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