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Definition of Stubby
1. Adjective. Short and blunt. "A stubby pencil"
Definition of Stubby
1. a. Abounding with stubs.
Definition of Stubby
1. Adjective. Abounding with stubs. ¹
2. Adjective. Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed. ¹
3. Noun. (Australia New Zealand slang) A small bottle of beer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stubby
1. short and thick [adj -BIER, -BIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stubby
Literary usage of Stubby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1845)
"stubby DID NOT DANCE WITH THE QUEEN AT THE OPENING OF LINCOLN'S INN HALL. ...
I am Alfred stubby, law student, and member of the Honourable Society of ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1845)
"stubby DID NOT DANCE WITH THE QUEEN AT THE OPENING OF LINCOLN'S INN HALL. ...
I am Alfred stubby, law student, and member of the Honourable Society of ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"Front femora very thick and strong, stouter than in S. nitidus, but without short
stubby spines on their under-side as in that species ; first joint of the ..."
4. Memories Grave and Gay by Florence Howe Hall (1918)
"Professor "stubby" Child Plays with Us in the Hay. REMEMBER, I remember, the
house where I was born." Indeed, I can hardly do otherwise, for the Perkins ..."
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