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.
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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" |
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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
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
رَبْع القامَه، مَرْبوع، قَصير وَسَمين
sporý
tætbygget
samanrekinn
kresnai
druknsplecīgs
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
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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/aCollins 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 adverbˈstockiness noun
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stocky
a. robusto-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
stocky
adj robusto, fornidoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.