stubby meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

stubby

adj

/ˈstʌbi/ · IE /ˈstʊbi/

Etymology From stub + -y.

Abounding with stubs.

Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.

St Cuthbert's stands among trees at one corner of the green, and has a 17th-century bellcote decorated with stone balls and a stubby spire.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:
The mouth with its bright, shiny grimace exposes a stubby row of teeth, from left to right growing stubbier and stubbier, with more and more cavities.1996, Botho Strauß, translated by Roslyn Theobald, Couples, Passerby, page 17:

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For instance, long, thin hands generally indicate that a person is creative and intuitive, while shorter, stubbier hands typically connote a hardworking or athletic type of person.2003, Katina Z. Jones, The Everything Palmistry Book, page 8:
The front-most spines are the shortest, stubbiest, and most forward directed.2009, George P. Hansen, Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain, iUniverse, page 249:

Synonyms: squat, stumpy
Derived terms: stubbily, stubbiness, stubby Hubble, stubby squid, stubby tree

noun

Etymology From stub + -y.

Australia, Canada, US A small, squat beer bottle.

While most stubbies looked alike, there was one distinct stubby brought out by Carling-O′Keefe.[…]The era of the stubby was short, however. Although a superior container, it was not chic enough for the 1980s drinker.1998, Randy Ray, Mark Kearney, The Great Canadian Trivia, page 201:
Annie looked at him a bit surprised and came in, and he realized she carried a bottle of beer with her. Not a stubby, but a long neck.2002, A. S. Finney, Gully Ghost, US: Eloquent Books, page 74:

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Near the memorial were some wine casks and an unopened stubby of beer, whose label was yet to fade, which had been left to slake the thirst of the deceased.2004, Michael McGirr, Bypass: The Story of a Road, Pan Macmillan Australia, published 2005, page 117:
Another notable thing that happens this month is the debut of Spycatcher on Star TV.[…]But come Wednesday night, he sits in the TV room with his stubby of Foster′s beer and watches Steve Nolan catch dirty foreigners (called Commies) selling secrets to some Russian organization called the KGB.2005, Vikas Swarup, Q & A, Black Swan, published 2006, page 133:
I had everything planned, and later I kept a stubby behind the spare tire of my ′37 Ford until the bottle was better aged than the beer. I don′t know what happened to it but I′m surprised that it didn′t explode with the heat of that summer.2008, Albert Drake, The Age of Hot Rods: Essays on Rods, Custom Cars and Their Drivers from the 1950s to Today, US: McFarland & Co, page 45:
A schooner (425ml in Queensland), when you allow for the collar, is not much more beer than a stubby. A stubby of home brew costs me 25 cents.2008, Ron Bowden, The Lazy Brewer′s Handbook, Australia: BOOKSnTHAT, page 4: