stumpy

adj, noun — 5 senses

stumpy

adjalso spelled Stumpy

/ˈstʌmpi/

Etymology From stump + -y.

1

Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.

“That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

2

Full of stumps.

a stumpy forest

Derived terms: stumpily, stumpiness

stumpy

noun

Etymology From stump + -y.

1

Slang An amputee who has lost a leg.

Many of the cricketers were amputees, yet they were not without resources. The "wingies" did the running for the "stumpies," and the "stumpies" did the batting for the "wingies."1976 -, Victor Cohn, Sister Kenny: The Woman Who Challenged the Doctors, →ISBN, page 63:

2

Obsolete, Slang Money.

Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.1881, T. Lewis O. Davies, Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, A Supplementary English Glossary, page 630:

Related terms: stump up

Stumpy

noun

1

Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog.

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