stubby

[stuhb-ee]

adjective

stubbier, stubbiest 

1. of the nature of or resembling a stub.

2. short and thick or broad; thick-set or squat.

   stubby fingers.

3. consisting of or abounding in stubs. stub.

4. bristly, as the hair or beard.

stubby

/ ˈstʌbɪ /

adjective

1. short and broad; stumpy or thickset

2. bristling and stiff

noun

1. Also called: stubbie. slang,  a small bottle of beer

Other Word Forms

• stubbily adverb
• stubbiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stubby¹

First recorded in 1565–75; stub ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.

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It didn’t matter that I wasn’t naked, or that no one touched me, or that it was just my stubby toes.

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He skins Walking Mushrooms with care, tosses their stubby feet into a hot pot with an eye for balance and umami.

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A stubby flutter of greenery at a gas station, and a lofty palm behind an IHOP.

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A seafaring albatross, stretching out its sail-like airfoils, lives a very different life from a ground-dwelling antpitta with its long legs and short, stubby wings that it uses in rare, short bursts of flight.

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