stocky
of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
having a strong, stout stem, as a plant.
Origin of stocky
1Other words from stocky
- stock·i·ly, adverb
- stock·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby stocky
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How to use stocky in a sentence
It had five-fingered hands, a bearlike face and the stocky build of a pig.
Ancient ‘ManBearPig’ mammal lived fast — and died young | Maria Temming | September 13, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThis sheep-sized mammal — which sported five-fingered hands, a bearlike face and the stocky build of a pig — gave birth to highly developed young.
Living fast may have helped mammals like ‘ManBearPig’ dominate | Maria Temming | September 8, 2022 | Science NewsThe article described Sumner as a “fair-skinned, green-eyed beauty,” while Zayak was described as “terrier-like” in her determination and “stocky,” comparing her physique to that of baseball’s Pete Rose.
The Quad Jump Revolution Has Transformed Women’s Figure Skating. How Far Will It Go? | Dvora Meyers | February 3, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightRoberto is stocky and heavy, so it’s hard to go up the hill.
The Border Patrol Agent Who Threw Away His Badge | Gabbriel Schivone | November 29, 2021 | The Daily BeastWhen you first spy the pillow-y shape of a Myobatrachus gouldii or the stocky arms of a Hemisus perreti, you might not think of how much muscle is packed in there.
Yousef, a stocky 35-year-old woman with long black hair, looks away from me most of the time when she is describing the beatings.
Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story | Jamie Dettmer | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWearing a plaid shirt, the stocky singer looked like a bricklayer playing an open mic at a bar.
I'm Not Country or Pop. I'm Just Pure Garth Brooks. | David Masciotra | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPhyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare.
FIJI, a source who attended Lafayette with stocky told The Daily Beast, is mostly made up of lacrosse and baseball players.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams | Olivia Nuzzi | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe stocky, intense son of immigrant parents, Chayefksy was born and raised in the Bronx.
Paddy Chayefsky: The Dark Prophet of ‘Network’ News | Tim Teeman | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuperphosphate makes dark-colored, thick-leaved, stocky (p. 419) plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.An express rolled in and cutting over for it, the stocky man brushed Lamb.
A stocky man dodged around from behind the woman and came rapidly down the platform, neat, crisp, briefcase under his arm.
One of them was short and rather stocky, and his face had a sort of hard, hungry look; and the other was big and barrel-bodied.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeAt once I noticed that a new man had appeared among them—a red-faced, stocky man wearing a frock-coat and a shiny silk hat.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for stocky
/ (ˈstɒkɪ) /
(usually of a person) thickset; sturdy
Derived forms of stocky
- stockily, adverb
- stockiness, noun
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