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adjective stub·by \ˈstÉ™-bÄ“\

: short and thick

stub·bi·erstub·bi·est

Full Definition of STUBBY

1

:  abounding with stubs

2

a :  resembling a stub :  being short and thick <stubby fingers>

b :  being short and thickset :  squat

c :  being short, broad, or blunt (as from use or wear) <an old stubby pencil>

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Examples of STUBBY

1. hands with thick stubby fingers
2. My dog has a short stubby tail.

First Known Use of STUBBY

15th century

Related to STUBBY

Synonyms

chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stout, stocky, stumpy, thickset

Related Words

beefy, brawny, bulky, burly, husky, sturdy, thick, thickish, weighty; chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft

Near Antonyms

delicate, fragile, frail, puny; lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin; angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; scraggy, scrawny, slight; anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted; spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

Rhymes with STUBBY

bubby, chubby, clubby, cubby, grubby, hubby, nubby, scrubby, shrubby, snubby, tubby