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stock·y

 (stŏk′ē)
adj. stock·i·er, stock·i·est
1. Solidly built; sturdy.
2. Chubby; plump.

stock′i·ly adv.
stock′i·ness n.
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stocky

(ˈstɒkɪ)
adj, stockier or stockiest
(usually of a person) thickset; sturdy
ˈstockily adv
ˈstockiness n
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stock•y

(ˈstɒk i)

adj. stock•i•er, stock•i•est.
1. of sturdy form or build and, usu., short; thickset.
2. having a strong, stout stem, as a plant.
[1350–1400]
stock′i•ly, adv.
stock′i•ness, n.
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stocky

- A derivative of stock, which first meant "trunk, block of wood," in Old English.
See also related terms for trunk.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.stocky - having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
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stocky

adjective thickset, solid, sturdy, chunky, stubby, dumpy, stumpy, mesomorphic She had been quite a stocky girl.
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stocky

adjective
Short, heavy, and solidly built:
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Translations
رَبْع القامَه، مَرْبوع، قَصير وَسَمين
sporý
tætbygget
samanrekinn
kresnai
druknsplecīgs

stocky

[ˈstɒkɪ] ADJ (stockier (compar) (stockiest (superl))) → fornido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stocky

[ˈstɒki] adj [person, build, figure] → trapu(e), râblé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stocky

adj (+er)stämmig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stocky

[ˈstɒkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stocky

(ˈstoki) adjective
(of a person etc) short, often rather stout and usually strong. a stocky little boy.
ˈstockily adverb
ˈstockiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

stocky

a. robusto-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

stocky

adj robusto, fornido
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References in classic literature ?
It was not so much his great height that marked him, for the "natives" were easily singled out by their lank longitude from the stockier foreign breed: it was the careless powerful look he had, in spite of a lameness checking each step like the jerk of a chain.
Also dubbed Highland tigers, wildcats look similar to large domestic cats but are larger and stockier with a bushy tail.
Despite being visibly stockier, Blatche, now 32, blended well with the members of the training pool, which ran an assortment of half and full-court offensive plays.
"The Hawk", aged 24, used his range and height advantage to good effect against his shorter, stockier opponent.
Pinching will encourage side branching, producing bushier, stockier plants.
The Mexican-American is shorter and stockier than Miller and a more accurate puncher.
Golden State Coach Steve Kerr was asked about the physical play of the Rockets, who have several players who are much stockier than his squad.
In Marx's description of Napoleon's foot soldiers, the adjectives kleinern and gedrungern are more plausibly translated as "shorter and stockier" than "smaller and more oppressed" (p.
The dimensions measure 4,999 mm (length), 2,011 mm (width) and 1,710 mm (height), thereby being stockier and lower than the Q7.