hippy

adjective

Definition of hippynext
as in paunchy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hippy
  1. paunchy
  2. potbellied
  3. dumpy
  4. flabby
  5. squat
  6. stubby
  7. burly
Adjective
  • Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.
    Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Colin Farrell looks less like himself than ever in The Lobster, a movie in which the attractive leading man is transformed into a schlubby, paunchy character sporting a big mustache and corrective lenses.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
Definition of paunchy
Adjective
  • Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
    Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Definition of potbellied
Adjective
  • In context, Franklin was critiquing a rather dumpy drawing of an eagle lacking a regal beak by the Society of the Cincinnati, which had adopted the nation’s bird as its symbol.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, it was released during the slightly less dumpy dump month of February — on February 13, 1991, with nationwide sneak previews on February 2, 1991.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
Definition of dumpy
Adjective
  • Ripe red fruits but a good snap of acid keeps in from being too plush and flabby.
    Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Three aluminum sculptures from roughly a decade later resemble flabby beings who writhe around above viewers’ heads.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of flabby
Adjective
  • Inspiration struck one morning as Krupin sipped her coffee and watched her pitbull, Java, squat in her backyard.
    Morgan Smith, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
  • On an expedition to the Nazca and Salas y Gómez ridges, the exploratory dives revealed a host of rare finds, including two flying spaghetti monsters, a pristine coral reef, squat lobsters, and a Casper octopus – the first spotted in the South Pacific.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of squat
Adjective
  • Each tiny, invisible micron-scale robot is patterned with hundreds of even tinier nano-scale magnets, some long and thin, and some short and stubby, Cornell says.
    John Koetsier, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • By Wim’s side through thick and thin is his best friend, Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), a blue elephant boy with a stubby trunk, wispy hair that looks like raspberry cotton candy, and ears that droop down over his shoulders.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of stubby
Adjective
  • While this burly Ford was no sports car, body roll was nicely planted for its stature on twisty Malibu canyon roads.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Love, even romantic love (with the burly Icelandic man who is now renting the Miller farm), becomes possible as Sam recognizes that the way out is forward.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of burly
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