plumpish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumpish
Adjective
  • Or, call on its air pump function, which can be used to remove air from vacuum storage bags, to store off-season clothing in minutes (without having to break out a bulky vacuum).
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • My first budget-friendly starter poles, a pair from Cascade Mountain, were a bit too bulky and stiff for my liking.
    Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That said, Dexter’s signature burger knocks it out of the park, with two uber-beefy, coarsely ground patties and a lightly sweet and super fluffy bun, plus American cheese, thin pickle slices, red onion and dijonnaise.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The event also featured a panel of celebrity judges — including Ja Rule, Ana Navarro and Sunny Anderson — to weigh in on the beefy innovations, which used Pat LaFrieda’s custom burger blend as a base.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There were black burlat cherries, plump apricots, a basket of fragrant strawberries.
    Danielle Postel-Vinay, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And this peptide serum delivers, with 10 different peptides (which serve to smooth lines and plump lax skin) housed in yet another copper peptide that delivers them deep into the skin.
    Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • It was bred from the American pit bull terrier and several bulldog breeds—including the English bulldog and American bulldog—to create a strong, stocky dog with a gentler temperament than traditional pit bulls.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • However, Schwarber looks like a player right out of the old school with his stocky build.
    John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When the path was dense and overflowing with chubby legs and bellies, the Babycatcher sprang his big net, lifting seven of them high into the air.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond the fun of selecting a chubby champion, Fat Bear Week is also an opportunity to educate people about brown bears and their habitat in Alaska.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Keybanc resumes Amazon as overweight Key says Amazon shares are compelling.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Pentagon chief responded tersely after a viral backlash to a photo of a group of overweight Texas National Guard troops headed to Chicago.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The rest of them gathered right beneath the trap, reaching up with pudgy arms and the tiniest fingers, eyes suddenly dripping tears.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Together, the foot and footprint generated the first complete view of a duckbill’s fleshy foot.
    Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Plumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumpish. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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