puggy

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/ˈpʌɡi/

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.

“a puggy nose”

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Meanings

puggy1

adjectivepuggy (comparative puggier, superlative puggiest)

comparative puggier · superlative puggiest

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.

    a puggy nose

    1 more example

    Mr Macgregor was a large, heavy man, rather past forty, with a kindly, puggy face, […]

    1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC; republished as chapter 2, in Burmese Days (ebook no. 0200051h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, November 2015
  2. AustraliaNew Zealandsticky, claylike

    Synonyms: claggy

puggy2

nounpuggy (plural puggies)

plural puggies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pagi (“Indian tracker”).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesticky, claylike

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Origin

From pug + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with puggy

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Cite this entry
APA

puggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puggy

MLA

“puggy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puggy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puggy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puggy.

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