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Definition of "doughy" [dough•y]

  • Having the consistency or appearance of dough. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "doughy" in a sentence
  • "A doughnut measures of only 0.7 on the Mohs hardness scale: Obviously it should be reclassified as a doughy squishoid."
  • "Probably Ann would call her doughy if she saw a picture of Dolly from that period."
  • "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."