Definition of doughy
doughier
;doughiest
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Examples of doughy in a Sentence
High humidity can make your loaves turn out doughy.
she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion
Recent Examples of doughy from the Web
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Once a doughy freshman with more than 20 percent body fat and weighing in at 225 pounds last year, Colson is now 226 pounds of lean muscle, Brey said.
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In the past 12 months, Boone sold more than 1,200 of these doughy delicacies on the end of a stick.
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Imagine a Cracker Barrel biscuit met a Krispy Kreme doughnut, dropped a few of his best lines and took her back to his Old Country Store to make doughy carbohydrate love on a Travel Checker Rug.
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The doughy goodness is available at Martino's at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater.
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Mrs. Farzan guided Nerissa’s head under the faucet just inches away from the still doughy dishes.
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Alexandra Daddario breathes feisty life into Summer Quinn, a seasoned surfer who excels at the annual tryouts and wins one of three spots on Mitch’s team, along with unlikely new lifeguard Ronnie (Jon Bass), a doughy nerd who has the hots for C.J.
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These different homemade mixtures exhibit different behaviors: a doughier slime will shrink back on itself, only fleetingly changed by the probe of a finger.
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There’s a lot to love about the doughy confection, but — a JPMorgan Chase donut?
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First Known Use of doughy
1601
DOUGHY Defined for English Language Learners
doughy
playDefinition of doughy for English Language Learners
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: not completely baked
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: not hard or firm
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: pale in color and unhealthy
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