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hippy

adjective

Definition of hippynext
as in paunchy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hippy
  1. paunchy
  2. potbellied
  3. dumpy
  4. flabby
  5. squat
  6. stubby
  7. burly
Adjective
  • In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.
    — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.
    — Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of paunchy
Adjective
  • An inquisition of potbellied priests stood at the side of the road.
    — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The farm is home to goats, Holstein cows, potbellied and kune kune pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, guinea fowl, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, a Shetland pony, and a Shire horse.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of potbellied
Adjective
  • And this is in a nice, pretty on-campus facility, not the old, dumpy Astrodome (although the Astrodome is still up, which is another story).
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Sunday brings the end of another dumpy Miami Dolphins season, but not to the problems needing solutions or the organizational mess that demands more than a offseason cleanup on Aisle 5.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of dumpy
Adjective
  • Anyone who has worked with fresh pasta knows the line between al dente and flabby noodles is infinitesimally fine.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier suitors were sometimes flabby; the crew was not always in tip-top shape.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of flabby
Adjective
  • Hundreds of others were there lighting small squat candles in their cedar-plank lanterns.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, a forward or reverse lunge with an overhead reach combines a squat and push movement in the forward-and-backward plane of motion.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of squat
Adjective
  • Big ears, stubby legs and an extra-strong butt — Zoo Miami celebrated the newest addition to its animal family Friday.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
  • These mushrooms are instantly recognizable for their fat, puffy shape and stubby stems that are often as wide as—if not wider than—the caps.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of stubby
Adjective
  • Nowadays, the concept has mutated into something more like a full RV kitchen without the RV (or outside the RV), sometimes packed into a box burly enough to survive an active war zone.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Emmett Doyle is a burly and bearded union carpenter and musician in Minneapolis who writes and performs folk music about the struggles of the working class.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of burly
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“Hippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hippy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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