1. A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
   "his pappy was born in Atlanta";
   - father, male parent, begetter [archaic], dad [informal], dada [informal], daddy [informal], pa [informal], papa [informal], pappa [informal], pop [informal], poppa [N. Amer, informal], da [dialect, informal]

1. Soft, mushy, or lacking firmness
   "The pappy texture of overcooked vegetables"

Derived forms: pappier, pappies, pappiest

Type of: parent

Encyclopedia: Pappy