stocky
adjective, stock·i·er, stock·i·est.
Origin of stocky
Related Words for stocky
chunky, corpulent, stout, sturdy, fat, plump, solid, squat, stubby, thick, heavyset, thicksetExamples from the Web for stocky
Contemporary Examples of stocky
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.
Wearing a plaid shirt, the stocky singer looked like a bricklayer playing an open mic at a bar.
Phyllis 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.
The stocky, intense son of immigrant parents, Chayefksy was born and raised in the Bronx.
Historical Examples of stocky
He reached the thin edge of the grove, stood behind a stocky bush and waited.
Rim o' the WorldB. M. Bower
He was a stocky fellow, wearing blue overalls and a red sweater.
The Forbidden TrailHonor Willsie
"He's never tired," she thought, her eyes glancing at the stocky figure.
Erik DornBen Hecht
The stranger was stocky and strong, his muscles toughened by a sailor's activities.
Blow The Man DownHolman Day
He could see him going down the street—short, stocky, slow, dumb.