pudgier; pudgiest
: being short and plump : chubby
pudginess noun

Examples of pudgy in a Sentence

The baby wrapped her pudgy little hand around my finger.
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Another soldier, pudgy and silent, filmed us with his phone, and the Italian activists filmed him in turn. Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025 These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension. Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025 In the first image in the carousel, the back of Bieber’s head obscures the toddler’s face, though Jack’s pudgy hand can be seen grabbing a hold of his dad’s ear. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025 Its governor, Edward Jackson, was a close friend of the the Indiana Klan leader, D. C. Stephenson, a pudgy man with a reputation for high living, carousing, and trouble with the law. Tara McAndrew, JSTOR Daily, 25 Jan. 2017 See All Example Sentences for pudgy

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pudgy was in 1788

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“Pudgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pudgy. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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pudgy

adjective
pudgier; pudgiest
: short and plump
pudginess noun

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