pudgy
pronunciation
How to pronounce pudgy in British English:
UK [ˈpʌdʒi]
How to pronounce pudgy in American English:
US [ˈpʌdʒi]
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- Adjective:
- short and fat
Word Origin
- pudgy (adj.)
- also podgy, 1824, from colloquial pudge "anything short and thick" + -y (2). Perhaps related to pudsy "plump" (1754), possibly a diminutive of nursery word pud "hand, forepaw" (from 17c.). A connection with pudding also has been conjectured. In late 19c. often on lists of English local or dialectal words; sources also mention puddy, punchy, pluggy, pudget as relatives or variants. Related: Pudginess.
Example
- 1. As his pudgy appearance attested , kim was a legendary gourmand .
- 2. I will therefore descend from heaven , and be reborn in the shape of my pudgy grandson , kim jong un .
- 3. The report itself exhorted viewers to " loyally follow " the swiss-educated , would-be third-generation leader , whom his father chose ahead of two elder sons , apparently due a ruthless streak that runs beneath his pudgy features .
- 4. Apparently , the pudgy trucker isn 't just an aberration , and the come-ons aren 't just the after-effects of alcohol .
- 5. And above all , kim , the family man , ensured that he passed his movie set to a chosen heir , his pudgy third son , kim jong un .