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stumpy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From stump + -y.

Meanings

  1. Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.
    • “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!” 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
  2. Full of stumps.
    • a stumpy forest

Forms

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stumpier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
stumpiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

stumpiness · stumpily

stumpy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From stump + -y.

Meanings

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable) An amputee who has lost a leg.
    • Many of the cricketers were amputees, yet they were not without resources. The "wingies" did the running for the "stumpies," and the "stumpies" did the batting for the "wingies." 1976 -, Victor Cohn, Sister Kenny: The Woman Who Challenged the Doctors, →ISBN, page 63:
  2. (obsolete, slang, uncountable) Money.
    • Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half. 1881, T. Lewis O. Davies, Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, A Supplementary English Glossary, page 630:

Forms

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stumpies Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

stump up

Synonyms

limby