stubby

[ stuhb-ee ]

adjective

, stub·bi·er, stub·bi·est.

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. slang.
   Also calledstubbie a small bottle of beer

Derived Forms

• ˈstubbiness, noun
• ˈstubbily, adverb

Other Words From

• stubbi·ly adverb
• stubbi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stubby¹

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

Example Sentences

At Monterey Car Week in August, the team showed off the skysphere, which morphs from stubby sports car to autonomous cruiser, extending its wheelbase as the driver's controls fold out of sight.

From Ars Technica

Images showed short, stubby cilia on the surface of the infected cells rather than the long projections found on healthy cells.

From Science News

The stubby sausages, meanwhile, are straight off an English breakfast table.

From Washington Post

Computers kept the SN8 level by flapping stubby fins attached to its base and nosecone.

From Popular-Science

More specifically, the dash-mount arm is so stubby that it can’t jiggle around.

From Outside Online

But the key to positive identification was that stubby little finger on his left hand.

From The Daily Beast

But how could they bronze that stubby little body, the melon head, the double chin?

From The Daily Beast

Over time, as cells reproduce, our telomeres become shorter and shorter, until they become so stubby that the process stops.

From The Daily Beast

He could take care of him when he got inside, got to that stubby .38 he had slipped into the glove compartment just in case.

From Project Gutenberg

The suns and winds of many seas had burned and scored his face, and a stubby mustache gave him a belligerent aspect.

From Project Gutenberg

Then there was a sling-shot, ferociously stubby, and rather confusingly boyish.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Van Britt blew his cheeks out until the stubby, cropped mustache bristled like porcupine quills.

From Project Gutenberg

Tenors are generally short, stubby men with brief necks, while baritones are for the most part tall, spare and long-necked.

From Project Gutenberg