adj
Meaning 1
Abounding with stubs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stubby
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈstʌbi/
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Ireland, Northern-England: /ˈstʊbi/
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CMU ARPABET: S T AH1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A small, squat beer bottle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, US
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
short and blunt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- stubby fingers
- a stubby pencil
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From stub + -y.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нисък и набит (nisǎk i nabit) — like a stub
- Czech: krátký a tlustý — like a stub
- Czech: pahýlovitý — like a stub
- Czech: zavalitý — like a stub
- Finnish: tynkä- — like a stub
- Finnish: pätkä- — like a stub
- Finnish: katkaistu — like a stub
- Finnish: tanakka — like a stub
- German: stummlig — like a stub
- German: stummelartig — like a stub
- Japanese: ずんぐりした (zunguri-shita) — like a stub
- Polish: krępy — like a stub
- Russian: корена́стый (korenástyj) — like a stub
- Russian: призе́мистый (prizémistyj) — like a stub
- Spanish: regordete — like a stub
- Spanish: rechoncho — like a stub
- Turkish: küt — like a stub