stubby
/ˈstʌbi/
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Ireland/ˈstʊbi/
stubby adjective: abounding with stubs.
Adjective
stubby (comparative stubbier, superlative stubbiest)
- 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
Noun
stubby (plural stubbies)
- 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
stubby meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
stubby in Tamil
- அடிக்கட்டைகள் நிறைந்த, இசையாத, கீழ்ப்படியாத, முரடான, நெகிழ்வற்ற, எளிதில் உருகாத
stubby in Malayalam
- കുറുകിയതും വണ്ണമുള്ളതുമായ, കുറ്റിപോലെയുള്ള
Examples of stubby in a sentence
- 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:
- 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.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.2008, Ron Bowden, The Lazy Brewer′s Handbook, Australia: BOOKSnTHAT, page 4:
- His dog, named Measure, is told to go and fetch a stubby of beer and pour seven ounces into a ten-ounce glass.2009, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, ReadHowYouWant, published 2010, page 253:
Synonyms of stubby
Forms of stubby
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | stubbier |
| superlative | stubbiest |
| alternative form | stubbie |
| Noun | |
| plural | stubbies |
Origin of stubby
From stub + -y.
Words formed from stubby
Phrases with stubby
Questions about stubby
- What does stubby mean?
- Stubby means abounding with stubs.
- What is stubby in Tamil?
- Stubby in Tamil is அடிக்கட்டைகள் நிறைந்த, இசையாத, கீழ்ப்படியாத. See Stubby meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use stubby in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is stubby?
- Stubby can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce stubby?
- Stubby is pronounced /ˈstʌbi/.
Words near stubby in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stubby (page history and authors); stubby (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stubby (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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