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STUMPY (stumpier, stumpiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: stumpier , stumpiest
, stumpiest Dictionary entry overview: What does stumpy mean?
• STUMPY (adjective)
The adjective STUMPY has 1 sense:
1. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Familiarity information: STUMPY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: stumpier
Superlative: stumpiest
Superlative: stumpiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Synonyms:
chunky; dumpy; low-set; squat; squatty; stumpy
Context example:
a stumpy ungainly figure
Similar:
Context examples
The Ghost’s stumpy masts were in place, her crazy sails bent.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“It was a donkey,” said my aunt; “and it was the one with the stumpy tail which that Murdering sister of a woman rode, when she came to my house.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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