stocky


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stock·y

 (stŏk′ē)
adj. stock·i·er, stock·i·est
1. Solidly built; sturdy.
2. Chubby; plump.

stock′i·ly adv.
stock′i·ness n.
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stocky

(ˈstɒkɪ)
adj, stockier or stockiest
(usually of a person) thickset; sturdy
ˈstockily adv
ˈstockiness n
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stock•y

(ˈstɒk i)

adj. stock•i•er, stock•i•est.
1. of sturdy form or build and, usu., short; thickset.
2. having a strong, stout stem, as a plant.
[1350–1400]
stock′i•ly, adv.
stock′i•ness, n.
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stocky

- A derivative of stock, which first meant "trunk, block of wood," in Old English.
See also related terms for trunk.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.stocky - having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
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stocky

adjective thickset, solid, sturdy, chunky, stubby, dumpy, stumpy, mesomorphic She had been quite a stocky girl.
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stocky

adjective
Short, heavy, and solidly built:
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Translations
رَبْع القامَه، مَرْبوع، قَصير وَسَمين
sporý
tætbygget
samanrekinn
kresnai
druknsplecīgs

stocky

[ˈstɒkɪ] ADJ (stockier (compar) (stockiest (superl))) → fornido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stocky

[ˈstɒki] adj [person, build, figure] → trapu(e), râblé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stocky

adj (+er)stämmig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stocky

[ˈstɒkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stocky

(ˈstoki) adjective
(of a person etc) short, often rather stout and usually strong. a stocky little boy.
ˈstockily adverb
ˈstockiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

stocky

a. robusto-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

stocky

adj robusto, fornido
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There must have been a hundred of them--short, stocky men, with great beards that covered their faces and fell upon their hairy breasts.
Seizing the stocky, stunted body in his mighty hands Tarzan raised the creature high above his head, hurling him at his fellows who were now gathered ready to bear down upon their erstwhile captive.
There was the same short, stocky trunk upon which rested an enormous head habitually bent forward into the same curvature as the back, the arms shorter than the legs, and the lower leg considerably shorter than that of modern man, the knees bent forward and never straightened.
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