stumpy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
    squat; squatty; low-set; chunky; dumpy.
    • 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

WordNet


Stump"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of stumps; hard; strong.
  2. Short and thick; stubby. Colloq. "A stumpy little man." J. C. Harris.

Webster 1913