Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the nature of or suggesting a stub, as in shortness, broadness, or thickness.
- adjective Having a short, stocky build; thickset.
- adjective Short and blunt, as from much use.
- adjective Covered with or made of stubs.
- adjective Short and bristly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A bounding with stubs.
- Short, thick, and stiff; stubbed: as, stubby bristles; stubby fingers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abounding with stubs.
- adjective Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Abounding with stubs.
- adjective Like a
stub ;short , especiallycut short ,thick andstiff ;stunted ;stubbed . - noun Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US A small,
squat beer bottle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective short and blunt
Etymologies
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Examples
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Weldcraft's gas lens product line consists of three main styles - standard size, large diameter and 'stubby' - to fit TIG torches with 10N or 13N series front-end parts and to accommodate tungsten-electrode diameters ranging from 0. 020in (0. 508mm) to 5/32in.
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You see, they have trouble differentiating between members of their fairer sex and a short beer bottle known as a stubby.
Katherine Meusey: Ig Nobel Prizes: Think First, Then Laugh Katherine Meusey 2011
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You see, they have trouble differentiating between members of their fairer sex and a short beer bottle known as a stubby.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Katherine Meusey 2011
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(known as a stubby) ratchets like a Swiss clock, fits all standard attachments, and comes with a bunch of bits, as well as extenders to help you get at hard-to-reach screws.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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"The Gambusia just keep taking bites out of the tadpoles, and the tadpoles end up kind of stubby," says the study's author, Sharon Lawler, a professor of entomology at University of California at Davis.
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It certainly is superior to the awkwardly redesigned shifters recently deployed by the aforementioned competition, such as stubby shifter stalks on the steering wheel that don't conform to traditional shifter behavior.
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"Publishing magazines full of slander about George Washington, and this new kind of stubby-ended poetry!"
The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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Kate Gosselin used to mock her ex-husband by calling his manhood "stubby", it has been reported.
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Kate Gosselin used to mock her ex-husband by calling his manhood "stubby", it has been reported.
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Kate Gosselin used to mock her ex-husband by calling his manhood "stubby", it has been reported.
pamelad commented on the word stubby
small bottle of beer
December 19, 2006