Meaning & use

Pudge

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A soft, slightly plump or fatty area of a body, or general chubbiness.

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The baby's arms were covered in adorable little rolls of pudge.

He joked about losing the pudge around his middle before summer.

A note on using this word

Pudge is an informal, often affectionate word, most commonly heard describing babies or in casual remarks about one's own weight.

Words with a similar meaning

chubbinessplumpnessflab

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Words with an opposite meaning

leanness

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