stumpy — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”

2. Full of stumps.

   Esempi

   a stumpy forest

Sostantivo

1. An amputee who has lost a leg.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • gergo
   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   limby

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   Many of the cricketers were amputees, yet they were not without resources. The "wingies" did the running for the "stumpies," and the "stumpies" did the batting for the "wingies."

2. Money.

   Uso

   • obsoleto
   • gergo
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.

Aggettivo

1. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

   Sinonimi

   chunkydumpylow-setsquatsquatty

   Esempi

   some people seem born to be square and chunky

   a dumpy little dumpling of a woman

   Altri esempi (4)

   dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears

   a little church with a squat tower

   a squatty red smokestack

   a stumpy ungainly figure