Meaning

2 senses
  1. Abounding with stubs.

  2. Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.

    stummlig, stummelartig

    корена́стыйkorenástyj, призе́мистыйprizémistyj

More definitions
  • short and blunt

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Sea otters are smaller than seals and sea lions, have stubby front paws and rest by floating on their back.

  2. In the doorway they passed a stout little man with stubby white moustaches, and the General stopped, exclaiming, “Hello, Major!”

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
like a stub:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
like a stub:

Origin

From stub + -y.

From stub + -y.

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Forms

stubbier, stubbiest
Comparativestubbier Lesson
Superlativestubbiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
short and thick:squatstumpy

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stubby — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto