stubby
pronunciation
How to pronounce stubby in British English:
UK [ˈstʌbi]
How to pronounce stubby in American English:
US [ˈstʌbi]
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- Adjective:
- short and blunt
Word Origin
- stubby (adj.)
- "short and thick," 1570s, from stub (n.) + -y (2); of persons, from 1831.
Example
- 1. Users might have stubby fingers or long nails .
- 2. She was making marks in a book with a stubby pencil .
- 3. Lord henderson is sweet but yet he is short and stubby .
- 4. One of the stubby limbs on the abdominal segments of caterpillars and certain other insect larvae .
- 5. Only stubby knobs remain , keeping him from standing , gripping and bathing himself .