stumpy
IPA: stˈʌmpi
noun
- (slang) An amputee who has lost a leg.
- (uncountable, slang, obsolete) Money.
- Short for Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. [A naturally bobtailed or tailless medium-sized cattle-herding dog.]
adjective
- Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.
- Full of stumps.
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Examples of "stumpy" in Sentences
- The article's been stumpy long enough.
- Back legs are more stumpy and elephantine.
- It has small, stumpy arms and long powerful legs.
- Stumpy will have his shirt off on these occasions.
- Each of the rhino's four stumpy feet has three toes.
- Dog with stumpy tail used in Australia for herding cattle.
- Some of these happen to have clubby hands and stumpy fingers.
- If plants are moved around or brushed they tend to grow more stumpy.
- She had thick, curly blonde hair, but was short, stumpy and extremely plain.
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