stocky Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a short and solid form or stature
    compact; thick; thickset; heavyset.
    • a wrestler of compact build
    • he was tall and heavyset
    • stocky legs
    • a thickset young man

WordNet

Stock"y adjective
Etymology
From Stock.
Definitions
  1. Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison.
    Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
  2. Headstrong. Prov. Eng. G. Eliot.

Webster 1913