stumpy — Английский словарь

Прилагательное

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

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (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.

   Примеры

   a stumpy forest

Существительное

1. An amputee who has lost a leg.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • сленг
   • неисчисляемое

   Синонимы

   limby

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (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.

   Употребление

   • вышедшее из употребления
   • сленг
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

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

Прилагательное

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

   Синонимы

   chunkydumpylow-setsquatsquatty

   Примеры

   some people seem born to be square and chunky

   a dumpy little dumpling of a woman

   Другие примеры (4)

   dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears

   a little church with a squat tower

   a squatty red smokestack

   a stumpy ungainly figure