adj
Meaning 1
Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stumpy
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rhymes with -ʌmpi
adj
Meaning 2
Full of stumps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a stumpy forest
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
An amputee who has lost a leg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: limby
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- some people seem born to be square and chunky
- a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
- dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
- a little church with a squat tower
- a squatty red smokestack
- a stumpy ungainly figure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From stump + -y.