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chumpy

adj
/ˈt͡ʃʌmpi/UK

Etymology

From chump + -y.

Definitions

  1. Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions.

    • The Navigating compass should stand about five feet above the deck, […]. This is a convenient height for the officer of the deck, unless perchance he may be chumpy, in which case he may be permitted to use a step.
    • A chumpy neck is especially bad; for while a little dog may get along on a foot scent with a short neck, a comparatively large and unwieldy dog tires himself terribly by the necessity for crouching in his fast pace.
    • Susan Bennett sat rigid, smoothing her skirt round her chumpy thighs and fixing her gaze on the wall above Marissa Caldwell.

  2. Blockheaded

    Blockheaded; dim-witted.

  3. Like a chump

    Like a chump; annoying.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA