Podgy: alternatives and connections

A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to…

A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.

Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

Short-billed; having a short beak.

A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.

A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of th…

Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.

Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.

Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the…

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem…

A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music…

A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called th…

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.