adjective
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short and thickset like a stump; stubby
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abounding in or full of stumps
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Etymology
Origin of stumpy
Example Sentences
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An herbivore that was loosely related to horses, the statue looked something like a horse with stumpy snout.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2023
He reached into Hideg’s stash of percussion instruments and kept rhythm on cowbell and a set of stumpy sticks called claves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2023
In Barcelona, somewhere along the tracks where my mom's train would be chugging along, I discovered a log creature with a face and four stumpy legs.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
The concert and special-events venue sits on a wide block of stumpy converted spaces, across from an Apple support store.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2015
They sent a different bus to get her, one that was stumpy and brown.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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