stocky
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i adjective, stock·i·er, stock·i·est.
1.
of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
2.
having a strong, stout stem, as a plant.
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| —adj , stockier, stockiest | |
| (usually of a person) thickset; sturdy | |
| 'stockily | |
| —adv | |
| 'stockiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
stocky
c.1400, "made of wood," from stock (n.1). Of plants, "of stout and sturdy growth" (not weedy) it is recorded from 1620s. Of persons, "thick-set," 1670s, suggestive of tree trunks, but cf. also stock in sense of "trunk of the human body" (late 14c.).
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Example sentences
It is a stocky animal with a broad head and short legs weighing from one to four pounds.
Gila monsters are large stocky lizards, with short thick tails and large heads.
They are large, stocky lizards with short arms and legs.
The muskrat has a stocky appearance due to the apparent lack of a neck, and the ears are short and concealed in the fur.
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