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STOCKY (stockier, stockiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: stockier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, stockiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stocky mean? 

STOCKY (adjective)
  The adjective STOCKY has 1 sense:

1. having a short and solid form or statureplay

  Familiarity information: STOCKY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STOCKY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: stockier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: stockiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a short and solid form or stature

Synonyms:

compact; heavyset; stocky; thick; thickset

Context example:

a thickset young man

Similar:

little; short (low in stature; not tall)


 Context examples 


The American Staffordshire is a very muscular, stocky dog.

(American Staffordshire Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The body is stocky, well-balanced and muscular.

(Old English Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)

The Dogue de Bordeaux is a short, stocky mastiff with a huge, heavy, broad, wrinkled head.

(Dogue-de-Bordeaux, NCI Thesaurus)

With its stocky legs set squarely at each corner of its compact, muscular body, its deliberate gait has become a waddle.

(English Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)



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