- stocky adj
- What investors have to lose weight? Stocky brokers.
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stocky adj
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stocky — [adj] short and overweight; short and muscular chunky, corpulent, fat, heavyset, plump, solid, squat, stout, stubby, sturdy, thick, thickset; concepts 491,773 Ant. lanky, skinny, tall, thin, underweight … New thesaurus
stocky — adj. Stocky is used with these nouns: ↑build, ↑figure, ↑man … Collocations dictionary
stocky — [stäk′ē] adj. stockier, stockiest [ STOCK, n. 2 + Y2] 1. heavily built; sturdy; short and thickset 2. having a strong, often thick, stem: said of a plant … English World dictionary
stocky — adj heavy set, thick set, thick, stodgy; solid, stout, sturdy, burly, beefy, Scot, and North Eng. stiff, Inf. chunky; squat, stubby, Inf. stumpy … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
stocky — adj. (stockier, stockiest) (of a person, plant, or animal) short and strongly built; thickset. Derivatives: stockily adv. stockiness n … Useful english dictionary
stocky — stock|y [ˈstɔki US ˈsta: ] adj comparative stockier superlative stockiest a stocky person is short and heavy and looks strong ▪ a stocky build >stockily adv >stockiness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
stocky — [[t]stɒ̱ki[/t]] stockier, stockiest ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A stocky person has a body that is broad, solid, and often short … English dictionary
stocky — [ˈstɒki] adj a stocky person looks strong but is not tall … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
stocky — stockily, adv. stockiness, n. /stok ee/, adj., stockier, stockiest. 1. of solid and sturdy form or build; thick set and, usually, short. 2. having a strong, stout stem, as a plant. [1350 1400; ME stokky. See STOCK, Y1] * * * … Universalium
stocky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. thickset, sturdy, chunky, squat. See shortness. Ant., lanky. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. thickset, short, heavy, stout, sturdy, *built like a fireplug, stubby, pudgy, squat, husky. ANT.: skinny … English dictionary for students
