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doughy

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the consistency or appearance of dough.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like dough; flabby and pallid; yielding to pressure; impressible.
  • Not thoroughly baked, as bread; consisting in part of unbaked dough; half-baked.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking

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Examples

  • A doughnut measures of only 0.7 on the Mohs hardness scale: Obviously it should be reclassified as a doughy squishoid.

    Style Invitational Week 872: Make a word out of a name; and geeky musings 2010

  • Probably Ann would call her doughy if she saw a picture of Dolly from that period.

    "I would rather be a cartoon than a genius!" Ann Althouse 2008

  • Down at the bottom we see some groups that are pretty well known as doughy-soft around the front of their own net, like Carolina, and Los Angeles, which are basically providing red-carpet treatment to opposing forwards.

    Kuklas Korner 2008

  • Bake until the edges just begin to color, 9 to 11 minutes (The centers will be very soft, but as long as they don't look shiney and "doughy" in the center, THEY'RE READY!).

    Roasted Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies 2009

  • Bake until the edges just begin to color, 9 to 11 minutes (The centers will be very soft, but as long as they don't look shiney and "doughy" in the center, THEY'RE READY!). comments

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Child doesn't urinate for eight to 12 hours Child doesn't drink Child loses fluids through vomiting or diarrhea Child has sunken eyes or "doughy" skin that doesn't return to normal when pinched Child is not behaving normally, is unusually lethargic or irritable CoughsA cough that appears only at night, especially if it sounds like barking, could be a sign of croup.

    Special Issue: How Kids Grow Calling The Doctor 2008

  • They tend to be "doughy" and hang low to the ground.

    TRex, unethical, but at least ashamed (or scared). Ann Althouse 2007

  • Some may think it's too "doughy" but I thought their crust just fine.

    Mr. G's Unitas We Stand 2007

  • Frankly, in using the word "doughy" it may be irrebuttably presumed that you mean "fat."

    Is Kevin Drum a Clinton sycophant? Ann Althouse 2007

  • Eighteen-year-old Canadian singer Avril Lavigne, on mispronouncing veteran rock star David Bowie's name (it rhymes with "doughy," not "Howie") while announcing the Grammy nominees for best male rock vocal performance

    Perspectives 2007

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