pudgy

[ puhj-ee ]

adjective

, pudg·i·er, pudg·i·est.

1. short and fat or thick:

   an infant's pudgy fingers.

pudgy

/ ˈpʌdʒɪ /

adjective

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of podgy

Derived Forms

• ˈpudginess, noun
• ˈpudgily, adverb

Other Words From

• pudgi·ly adverb
• pudgi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pudgy¹

First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of pudgy¹

C19: of uncertain origin; compare earlier pudsy plump, perhaps from Scottish pud stomach, plump child

Example Sentences

Feeling the weight of loneliness, Dog, a pudgy canine living in a kinetic and chaotic 1980s New York, purchases a robot friend from a late-night infomercial.

From Los Angeles Times

He stuck a pudgy finger into one of his cheeks.

From Literature

A kiddie cartoon about a pudgy protagonist voiced by an especially excitable Jack Black?

From Seattle Times

She'd still been small enough to fit on Gran's hip, and she'd reached her pudgy fingers out to touch the black calla lilies in the greenhouse.

From Literature

Kissinger was pudgy and messy but incongruously acquired a reputation as a ladies’ man in the staid Nixon administration.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• chubby
• plump