stocky

[ stok-ee ]

/ ˈstɒk i /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for stocky on Thesaurus.com

adjective, stock·i·er, stock·i·est.

of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.

having a strong, stout stem, as a plant.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of stocky

First recorded in 1350–1400, stocky is from the Middle English word stokky.See stock, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM stocky

stock·i·ly, adverbstock·i·ness, noun

Words nearby stocky

stock unit, stock vaccine, stock watering, stock whip, Stockwood, stocky, stockyard, stodge, stodgy, stoep, stogy

How to use stocky in a sentence

When 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.
These buff frogs never skip arm day|Sara Kiley Watson|September 25, 2020|Popular-Science
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|DAILY BEAST
Wearing 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|DAILY BEAST
Phyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
The 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|DAILY BEAST
Superphosphate 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.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
A stocky man dodged around from behind the woman and came rapidly down the platform, neat, crisp, briefcase under his arm.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
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 Lynde
At 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

stocky

/ (ˈstɒkɪ) /

adjective stockier or stockiest

(usually of a person) thickset; sturdy

Derived forms of stocky

stockily, adverbstockiness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stocky

Origin of stocky

OTHER WORDS FROM stocky

Words nearby stocky

Words related to stocky

How to use stocky in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for stocky

Derived forms of stocky