puggy

English

Etymology

From pug +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌɡi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡi

Adjective

puggy (comparative puggier, superlative puggiest)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.

   a puggy nose

   • 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC; republished as chapter 2, in Burmese Days (ebook no. 0200051h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, November 2015:

     Mr Macgregor was a large, heavy man, rather past forty, with a kindly, puggy face, […]

2. (Australia, New Zealand) sticky, claylike

Synonyms

• (sticky): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive

Derived terms

• pugginess

Scots

Noun

puggy

1. Alternative form of puggie (“slot machine”)