stockier; stockiest
: compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build
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Examples of stocky in a Sentence
That outfit makes you look stocky.
the stocky boxer's strength and speed more than make up for his opponent's longer reach
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Dodd voiced Wolverine, a stocky Canadian with adamantium claws; Sealy-Smith was Storm, a regal African woman who could control the weather; and Zann played Rogue, a Southern belle with a power-absorbing touch.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to attack prey, much like the significantly smaller great white shark.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
But his father Oleksandr, a stocky man of stubborn principles, refused throughout his life to join the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
Rivers, 55, is tall and stocky, greying hair pulled into a long braid.
—Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
A lot were tall and stocky, reminiscent of earlier days as high school wrestlers, football players or boxers.
—David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
The authorities figured their suspect was a strong, stocky man capable of administering a chokehold.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
No one was there, so the plumber called the client and moments later, a stocky man in a white T-shirt showed up and pointed a gun at him, police said.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
On their stocky horses, plodding through majestic, forbidding landscapes, with MacLennan and Bill sniping at each other and Segundo silently looking on, this could be a John Ford movie, with a motley trio on the verge of some manly alliance.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 June 2023
Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to attack prey, much like the significantly smaller great white shark.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
But his father Oleksandr, a stocky man of stubborn principles, refused throughout his life to join the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
Rivers, 55, is tall and stocky, greying hair pulled into a long braid.
—Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
A lot were tall and stocky, reminiscent of earlier days as high school wrestlers, football players or boxers.
—David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
The authorities figured their suspect was a strong, stocky man capable of administering a chokehold.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
No one was there, so the plumber called the client and moments later, a stocky man in a white T-shirt showed up and pointed a gun at him, police said.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
On their stocky horses, plodding through majestic, forbidding landscapes, with MacLennan and Bill sniping at each other and Segundo silently looking on, this could be a John Ford movie, with a motley trio on the verge of some manly alliance.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 June 2023
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“Stocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stocky. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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