| Pronunciation: | | 'stumpee
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| Matching Terms: | | stump, stump speech, stump sprouting, stump spud, stumpage, stumper, stumpiness, stumping, stumpknocker, stump-tailed
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" |
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| | Synonyms: | | chunky, dumpy, low-set, short, squat, squatty |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stump"y\, a.
1. Full of stumps; hard; strong.
2. Short and thick; stubby. [Colloq.] ``A stumpy little
man.'' --J. C. Harris.
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