STUMPY

chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy

(adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; “some people seem born to be square and chunky”; “a dumpy little dumpling of a woman”; “dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears”; “a little church with a squat tower”; “a squatty red smokestack”; “a stumpy ungainly figure”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

stumpy (comparative stumpier, superlative stumpiest)

Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.

Full of stumps.

Noun

stumpy (plural stumpies)

An amputee who has lost a leg; limby.

Source: Wiktionary


Stump"y, a.

1. Full of stumps; hard; strong.

2. Short and thick; stubby. [Colloq.] "A stumpy little man." J. C. Harris.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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