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stocky

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stock·y  (stk)
adj. stock·i·er, stock·i·est
1. Solidly built; sturdy.
2. Chubby; plump.

stocki·ly adv.
stocki·ness n.

stocky [ˈstɒkɪ]
adj stockier, stockiest
(usually of a person) thickset; sturdy
stockily  adv
stockiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stocky - having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

stocky
adjective thickset, solid, sturdy, chunky, stubby, dumpy, stumpy, mesomorphic She had been quite a stocky girl.
Translations
stocky [ˈstɒkɪ] ADJ (stockier (compar) (stockiest (superl))) → fornido

stocky [ˈstɒki] adj [person, build, figure] → trapu(e), râblé(e)

stocky
adj (+er)stämmig

stocky [ˈstɒkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/a
stocky [ˈstɒkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/a

stocky
adj stocky [ˈstoki]
(of a person etc) short, often rather stout and usually strong a stocky little boy. stewig رَبْع القامَه، مَرْبوع، قَصير وَسَمين набит sporý tætbygget stämmig κοντός και γεροδεμένος fornido, robusto jässakas كوتاه tanakka trapu נָמוּך וְחָסוֹן नाटा, गठीला एवं मजबूत zdepast zömök pendek gemuk samanrekinn tarchiato がっしりした 땅딸막한 kresnas drukns; plecīgs pendek gempal gedrongen firskåren, liten og tett krępy entroncado bondoc коренастый územčistý čokat zdepast undersätsig, satt, kraftig ที่มั่นคงแข็งแรง tıknaz 矮胖的 присадкуватий, приземкуватий موٹا تازہ bè bè, chắc nịch
adv stockily
stewig قَصيرا وَسَمينا здтаво zavalitě tætbygget stämmig κοντόχοντρα robustamento jäigalt با هيكلي كوتاه tanakasti trapu בְּצוּרָה חָסוֹנָה नाटा एवं गठीलापन से zdepasto köpcösen berpotongan pendek gemuk sterklega robustamente がっしりして 땅딸막하게 kresnai dūšīgi; plecīgi dengan pendek gempal gedrongen tettbygd krępo robustamente bondoc коренасто mocne čokato zdepasto undersätsigt, kraftigt อย่างมั่นคงแข็งแรง tıknazca 粗壯地 приземкувато ڈیل ڈول لیے ہوءے bè bè, chắc nịch
n stockiness
stewigheid قِصَر وَسُمْنَه набитост podsaditost tætbyggethed die Stämmigkeit το να είναι κανείς κοντός και γεροδεμένος aspecto fornido jässakus كوتاهي tanakkuus aspect trapu גוּצִיוּת नाटा एवं गठीला zdepastost zömökség potongan pendek gemuk samanrekinn/sterklegur vöxtur robustezza がんじょうさ 땅딸막함 kresnumas druknums; plecīgums sifat pendek dan gempal gedrongenheid firskårenhet krępa budowa robustez siluetă bondoacă коренастость zavalitosť čokatost zdepastost undersätsighet ความอ้วนเตี้ย; ความกำยำล่ำสัน tıknazlık 矮胖 мясистість (худоби) موٹاپا sự bè bè, sự chắc nịch


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There must have been a hundred of them--short, stocky men, with great beards that covered their faces and fell upon their hairy breasts.
Seizing the stocky, stunted body in his mighty hands Tarzan raised the creature high above his head, hurling him at his fellows who were now gathered ready to bear down upon their erstwhile captive.
There was the same short, stocky trunk upon which rested an enormous head habitually bent forward into the same curvature as the back, the arms shorter than the legs, and the lower leg considerably shorter than that of modern man, the knees bent forward and never straightened.
 
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