hippy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hippy
Adjective
  • Harbor's enjoyably over-the-top Red Guardian continues to be a paunchy steal-stealer, Pullman scores a nice MCU debut as a complex mystery man, and Louis-Dreyfus reigns as a deliciously snarky antagonist.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • From the faded velvet booths, Instagram-happy tourists sidle up against paunchy men wearing trousers the same hue as their salmon terrine.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • That’s not to say that the potbellied courthouse stooges of Norfolk County can’t rig the case.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
  • Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • The Slip concerns sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein, a dumpy sad sack who, after getting into a fight at school, is sent to live with his uncle in Austin for the summer of 1998.
    Lucas Schaefer June 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
  • At the start of the production, when Blanche arrives at her sister’s dumpy apartment, a lithe young man (Jabez Sykes) contorts himself in abstract choreography.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There is a counterargument on Musk, rooted in two factors: One is that Musk’s disruption was aimed at a federal government that many Americans agree is swollen and flabby.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 May 2025
  • In the first season, when jokes went flabby or the writers didn’t know how to finish a skit, a fake cow was dropped from the rafters.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • What are some things to consider when choosing a squat rack?
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
  • Some even find that using the squat position, or using a squatty potty, can help reduce straining and promote defecation, said Dr. Xue.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The characters generally have stubby limbs, oversized heads, and eyes that are either very small or very large, but always with giant, solid black irises in the middle.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
  • Fred’s guide took off on foot and circled behind the backbone, and Fred got into a solid shooting position with his rifle rested along a stubby pine.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • The palenque circuit is de rigueur for Mexican artists, even a superstar like León — a burly man who tonight looks even bigger thanks to his ever-present high-crown cowboy hat.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 12 June 2025
  • Two months ago, the world lost a gruff and burly guitar player named Al Barile.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
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“Hippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hippy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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