Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding with stumps of trees.
- Having the character or appearance of a stump; short and thick; stubby; stocky.
- noun Ready money; cash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of stumps; hard; strong.
- adjective colloq. Short and thick; stubby.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like or resembling a
stump , short and cut off.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Etymologies
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Examples
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Don't fucking buy specialized if you think it's so gimmicky and expensive. ok 6k for a stumpy is a lot, but this racket has been going on for years, this is hardly news.
Creature Comforts: Let's Get Serious BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Of course, then Mayor Gavin Newsom would be called "stumpy".
"The mayor will be the first to admit that he occasionally indulges in bottled water." Ann Althouse 2009
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If lameness is met with at all, then it is where we have a foot that is in other respects unsound, with badly contracted heels and upright 'stumpy' hoof, or where side-bones have occurred in a young animal, and have already reached a large size before the horse is put to labour.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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Is it me are does Jessica appear "stumpy" with the extra weght?
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"stumpy" plough; it would probably break to pieces one day and then he would be helpless; he had much better take to fishing which gave quick and easy returns.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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"stumpy," and very dark, or tinged with unclean yellow.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Music for evil stumpy Russian men to dance to while wearing budgie smugglers and pretending they're being fellated.
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He's stumpy and swarthy, with a quick mind and aptitude for getting in trouble.
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Sand sifted away to reveal broad but stumpy arms and stocky legs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Some aspects of the design are a little strange -- the rather weak articulation of the principal elevation behind the low screen of the narthex; the wealth of freestanding or nearly-freestanding towers, the stumpy nave swallowed up by the great crossing; but many of these are simply traceable to the titanic scale of the project, a feature common to every one of the designs submitted.
reesetee commented on the word stumpy
A spritsail barge.
October 20, 2008
dailyword commented on the word stumpy
This word was used in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" when Pappy was talking about his opponent's dwarf.
July 7, 2012