stumpy

Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.

Adjective

  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...
  2. Full of stumps.
    • a stumpy forest

Origin

Etymology tree English stump English -y English stumpy From stump + -y.

Forms

stumpier stumpiest

Derived

stumpily stumpiness

Noun

  1. 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...

    Synonyms: limby

  2. 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:

Forms

stumpies

Related

stump up