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Webster 1913 Edition

Stocky

Stock′y

,
Adj.
[From
Stock
.]
1.
Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.
Addison.
Stocky
, twisted, hunchback stems.
Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
2.
Headstrong.
[Prov. Eng.]
G. Eliot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stocky

STOCKY

,
Adj.
[from stock.] Thick and firm; stout. A stocky person is one rather thick than tall or corpulent; one whose bones are covered well with flesh, but without a prominent belly.

Definition 2024

stocky

stocky

English

Adjective

stocky ‎(comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)

  1. (of a person or an animal) sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact

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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒki

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