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pudge

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /pʌd͡ʒ/
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  • rhymes with -ʌdʒ

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something short and fat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Excess body fat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 2002, extract from Christine Lincoln, Sap Rising, in Marita Golden, E. Lynn Harris (editors), Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing, Random House (Broadway Books), page 676, The smell of her skin and hair after I have given her a bath, me nibbling at the layers of pudge on her legs and arms, around her neck—I drown in the scent of all that innocence.

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a short fat person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: endomorph

History

Etymology

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