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stump  (stmp)

n.

1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.

2. A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.

3.

a. stumps Informal The legs.

b. An artificial leg.

4. A short, thickset person.

5. A heavy footfall.

6. A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory: candidates out on the stump.

7. A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it.

8. Sports Any of the three upright sticks in a cricket wicket.

v. stumped, stump·ing, stumps

v.tr.

1. To reduce to a stump.

2. To clear stumps from: stump a field.

3. To stub (a toe or foot).

4. To walk over heavily or clumsily.

5. To traverse (a district or region) making political speeches.

6. To shade (a drawing) with a stump.

7. To challenge (someone); dare.

8. To cause to be at a loss; baffle: stumped the teacher with a question.

v.intr.

1. To walk heavily or clumsily.

2. To go about making political speeches.

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[Middle English stumpe, possibly from Middle Low German stump.]

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stumper n.

stumpi·ness n.

stumpy adj.

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stumpy [ˈstʌmpɪ]

adj stumpier, stumpiest

1. short and thickset like a stump; stubby

2. abounding in or full of stumps

stumpiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

stumpy - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" low-set, squat, squatty, chunky, dumpy short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

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stumpy

adjective chunky, short, heavy, thick, squat, stocky, stubby, dumpy, thickset, fubsy (archaic or dialect) Does this dress make my legs look stumpy?

Translations

stumpy [ˈstʌmpɪ] ADJ [person etc] → achaparrado; [pencil etc] → corto, reducido a casi nada, muy gastado

stumpy [ˈstʌmpi] adj [person] → court(e) sur pattes; [tree] → trapu(e); [legs, tail] → court(e)

stumpy

adj (+er) pencil, candle → stummelig (inf), → kurz; person → stämmig, untersetzt; tree → klein und gedrungen; legs → kurz; building → gedrungen; a stumpy tail → ein Stummelschwanz m

stumpy [ˈstʌmpɪ] adj (person) → tarchiato/a