Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Covered with stubble; stubbled.
  • Resembling stubble; short and stiff.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Covered with stubble; stubbled.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having stubble.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a short growth of beard

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Examples

  • He's young, stubbly and scruffy, a slouchy cool that makes one think that Kate must be cool and edgy, too.

    'Kate-alikes': Would-be princesses find a new muse in Kate Middleton 2011

  • For the really energetic among us, there is also hydra-energetic roll-on, advertised in the same break by more stubbly types, this time wearing open-necked shirts, looking mean and guarding their cards in a poker game, for "when your nights are long, and you don't want your eyes to betray you".

    Magical weekend in Cardiff is in a league of its own 2011

  • The only really disturbing thing I discovered was that the hippie gardener had come back sometime during the day and re-re-graded the backyard so my stubbly little lawn was completely destroyed again and replaced with a huge pile of dirt.

    Graham James: The Great Montclair Fire of 2011 Graham James 2011

  • The only really disturbing thing I discovered was that the hippie gardener had come back sometime during the day and re-re-graded the backyard so my stubbly little lawn was completely destroyed again and replaced with a huge pile of dirt.

    Graham James: The Great Montclair Fire of 2011 Graham James 2011

  • The only really disturbing thing I discovered was that the hippie gardener had come back sometime during the day and re-re-graded the backyard so my stubbly little lawn was completely destroyed again and replaced with a huge pile of dirt.

    Graham James: The Great Montclair Fire of 2011 Graham James 2011

  • Okay, he was no doubt seven feet tall, had a hoarse voice, a dirty, stubbly chin and a big loaded machine gun; he scared me.

    Blonde, Black and Blood Red nathreee 2010

  • With his great stubbly jaw Sigmund looks like Desperate Dan's mountain cousin, but there's nothing comic about Sigmund.

    Family ski: never say never in South Tyrol Martin Love 2010

  • Young, intense, lean, charismatic and stubbly, the two are separated by the great cultural wall that keeps Barcelona and Real Madrid apart.

    Pep Guardiola the extra-special one adds realism to romanticism 2011

  • Sitting amongst his goods in a folding chair, a middle-aged man with a head of thick salt and pepper hair and a stubbly beard waved for me to come over.

    Katie Beck: Pardon My French: Our Heroine Gets a Warm Palestinian Welcome Katie Beck 2011

  • The only really disturbing thing I discovered was that the hippie gardener had come back sometime during the day and re-re-graded the backyard so my stubbly little lawn was completely destroyed again and replaced with a huge pile of dirt.

    Graham James: The Great Montclair Fire of 2011 Graham James 2011

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