stocky
pronunciation
How to pronounce stocky in British English:
UK [ˈstɒki]
How to pronounce stocky in American English:
US [ˈstɑːki]
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- Adjective:
- heavy and compact in form or stature
Word Origin
- stocky (adj.)
- c. 1400, "made of wood," from stock (n.1). Of plants, "of stout and sturdy growth" (not weedy) it is recorded from 1620s. Of persons, "thick-set," 1670s, suggestive of tree trunks, but compare also stock in sense of "trunk of the human body" (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. She was a great little mare , short stocky and fast .
- 2. Vests are a better alternative for tall and stocky men .
- 3. Small stocky fan palm of southern florida and cuba .
- 4. Stocky lemur of southeastern asia .
- 5. In the stern is a stocky man dressed in a simple white tunic .