pudgy

comparative pudgier · superlative pudgiest · alternative pudsy

1. Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.

   The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.

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   She's also the pudgiest girl in our class, but not in our grade.

   1976 September 29, Richard Flaste, “Viewing Childhood As it Is”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022

   My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta.

   2007 September 9, Sara Dickerman, “Olympic Dinners”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2017

   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.

   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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2024, World

   Synonyms: podgy