Lexic.us

Definition of Stocky

1. Adjective. Having a short and solid form or stature. "A thickset young man"

Definition of Stocky

1. a. Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.

Definition of Stocky

1. having a short, thick body [adj STOCKIER, STOCKIEST]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stocky

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Literary usage of Stocky

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1. United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the by United States Supreme Court, William T. Otto (1876)
"THE " stocky/SIDE." 1. If a sailing vessel, when approaching a steamer, fails to adopt all reasonable precautions to prevent a collision, she will not be ..."

2. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"stocky Forms —Greater Freedom due to Material, and to Desire for Exact Portraits —Lack of Feeling or Expression in Faces. — Statues of this Olden Time not ..."

3. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"stocky Forms. — Greater Freedom due to Material, and to Desire for Exact Portraits—Lack of Feeling or Expression in Faces. — Statues of this Olden Time not ..."

4. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1904)
"Such soil develops stocky plants of the highest fruiting tendencies, with few runners or but little surplus cane growth. Such plants seemingly never "run ..."

5. Posthumous Memoirs of Karoline Bauer: From the German by Karoline Bauer (1884)
"I had just left the room, when she cried very vehemently, ' stocky, stocky ! ' I returned, the rattle in her throat continued, she turned several times on ..."

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