podgen.
/pɒdʒ/, U.S. /pɑdʒ/ colloquial and British regional.
Anything short or thick; spec. a short fat person or animal; a plump child. Now also: excess weight, fat. Cf. pudge n.2In quot. 1834 applied to an epaulette.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [noun] > object
punch1669
Punchinello1669
pudge1808
spuda1825
podge1834
the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > and broadness > person
knarc1405
hoddy-doddya1556
trunk1586
truncheon1601
stump1602
fubs1614
dumpling1617
punch1669
Punchinello1669
spud1688
knur1691
knurl1691
runt1699
squab1699
swad1706
humpty-dumpty1785
junt1787
knurlinga1796
pudge1808
stumpie1820
nugget1825
podge1834
dump1840
dumpy1868
pyknic1925
mesomorph1940
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > person having > child
podge1876
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fat > [noun]
midgeneOE
adepsa1398
fat1539
flesh-budget1592
adipose membrane1682
lumber1806
adipose tissue1813
adipose1814
suet1879
cellulite1968
podge1976
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 104 That man with the gold podge on his shoulder [sc. the first lieutenant].
1857 ‘F. Fern’ Fresh Leaves 268 That fat podge of a baker who is tardy with his hot rolls.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 104/2 Podge,..the term is..freely bestowed, in a good-natured manner, upon children of a fleshy appearance..‘Come hither, thou old podge’.
1967 M. Summerton Memory of Darkness i. 17 She used to be a horrid little podge, always whining.
1976 Leicester Chron. 26 Nov. The average man is putting on too much weight, and..needs clothes designed to help him hide the podge.
1988 D. Lodge Nice Work iii. ii. 113 The buxom, dimpled girl he'd married had become a middle-aged podge.
2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 17 Nov. 52 The pants in question are called BodySlimmers..because the podge disappears instead of being redistributed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
podgev.
/pɒdʒ/, U.S. /pɑdʒ/ Originally British regional.
intransitive. To walk slowly and heavily.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > heavily > and slowly
trudge1547
ploda1566
sloba1804
stog1818
slump1854
stodge1854
podge1866
1638 [implied in: N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione (new ed.) 141 My Dames will say, I am a podging Asse. (at podging adj.)].
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 229 Podge, to walk with short heavy steps.
1929 F. A. Pottle Stretchers x. 270 We..podged along for about half an hour, all badly disgruntled.
1975 A. Mitchell Heart on Left (1997) 186 Fatty squeezes out... He podges down Applauding himself with padded palms.
Derivatives
ˈpodging n. rare
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1881 J. Ruskin Bible Amiens IV. ix. 14 What with their little lodgings and stodgings and podgings about it [sc. Dover cliff], they have managed to make it look no bigger than a moderate-sized limekiln.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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