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adjective
- 1. broad and sturdily built: "he had a short, stocky body"
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STOCKY definition: 1. A stocky person, especially a man, is fairly short and has a body that is wide across the…. Learn more.
A stocky person, especially a man, is fairly short and has a body that is wide across the shoulders and chest: The man was described as short and stocky and very strong. Synonyms. heavyset. thickset. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat. blob. blubbery. bulky. chubbiness. chubster. corpulent.
The meaning of STOCKY is compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build. How to use stocky in a sentence.
Stocky definition: of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.. See examples of STOCKY used in a sentence.
A stocky person has a body that is broad, solid, and often short. He was stocky with broad shoulders and had tremendous strength and stamina. Synonyms: thickset , solid , sturdy , chunky More Synonyms of stocky
Define stocky. stocky synonyms, stocky pronunciation, stocky translation, English dictionary definition of stocky. adj. stock·i·er , stock·i·est 1. Solidly built; sturdy. 2. Chubby; plump. stock′i·ly adv. stock′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
The big, strong guy who works tossing heavy boxes up on a loading dock at a warehouse is stocky. People who are stocky tend to be somewhat short and fairly heavy. Your stocky next-door neighbor is strong and solid, and his stocky bull dog is too.
Definition of stocky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something was placed over her nose and mouth and after a silent struggle; a stocky figure carried the child downstairs. I asked, just as a stocky bearded man dressed in a brown religious smock came out of a side door.
having a wide, strong, body: a short, stocky man. (Definition of stocky from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stocky. in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指男子）矮壯的，結實的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指男子）矮壮的，敦实的… See more. in Spanish. bajo y fornido, fornido/da [masculine-feminine, singular]… See more.
