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stumpy

[ stuhm-pee ]

adjective

stumpier, stumpiest.
  1. of the nature of or resembling a stump.
  2. short and thick; stubby; stocky.
  3. abounding in stumps:

    a stumpy field.



stumpy

/ ˈ²õ³ÙÊŒ³¾±èɪ /

adjective

  1. short and thickset like a stump; stubby
  2. abounding in or full of stumps
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³Ù³Ü³¾±è¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ù³Ü³¾±èi·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ³Ù³Ü³¾±èi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stumpy1

First recorded in 1590–1600; stump + -y 1
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The palm-sized creatures have silky golden locks, no eyes, a stumpy tail and flipper-like hands.

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An herbivore that was loosely related to horses, the statue looked something like a horse with stumpy snout.

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He reached into Hideg’s stash of percussion instruments and kept rhythm on cowbell and a set of stumpy sticks called claves.

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It entered a cluster of gray sage that must have seemed like a tall forest to the stumpy little thing.

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Both topped six feet, and Idiptu was bloated like a blimp, waddling on his stumpy bowed legs.

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