STUBBY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stubby mean? 

• STUBBY (adjective)
  The adjective STUBBY has 1 sense:

1. short and blunt

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STUBBY (adjective)

Comparative: stubbier   
Superlative: stubbiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Short and blunt

Context example:

a stubby pencil

Similar:

short ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length)

Derivation:

stubbiness (the property of being short and broad)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the hypoplasia of the odontoid which appears as a stubby peg of an odontoid process.

(Odontoid Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

At roughly 30 inches long, it would have lacked the typical elongated shark's profile, instead having a stubby snout and large, forward-facing eyes.

(Ancient sharks likely more diverse than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

“Why, it’s old Tom Faulkner the cricketer!” cried Harrison, following the line of Bill Warr’s stubby forefinger.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Abnormalities are variable from individual to individual and may include mental retardation, retarded growth, flat hypoplastic face with short nose, prominent epicanthic skin folds, small low-set ears with prominent antihelix, fissured and thickened tongue, laxness of joint ligaments, pelvic dysplasia, broad hands and feet, stubby fingers, transverse palmar crease, lenticular opacities and heart disease.

(Down Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)