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stumpy

adj
/ˈstʌmpi/

Etymology

From stump + -y.

  1. derived from *stumpaz✻
  2. derived from *stump✻
  3. derived from *stump✻
  4. derived from stomp
  5. derived from stump
  6. inherited from stumpe
  7. suffixed as stumpy — “stump + y”

Definitions

  1. Like or resembling a stump

    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!”

  2. Full of stumps.

    • a stumpy forest

  3. 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."
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Money.

      • Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.

    2. Ellipsis of Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog.

The neighborhood

Derived

stumpily, stumpiness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stumpy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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