Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stubby
IPA transcription: [st'ʌbi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: stubby
    Meaning: short and blunt; "stubby fingers"; "a stubby pencil"
Usage examples
  • On the tip-top antler of the old stag sumac, he perched and strained until his jetty whiskers appeared stubby.
  • The tail was square and stubby and perfectly straight, and the four legs were made in the same way, each being four-sided.
  • The animal was covered with a thick, smooth skin and had no hair at all except at the extreme end of its tail, where there grew exactly three stiff, stubby hairs.
  • He was old and bald-headed, and he had side-whiskers that were very red in color and very short and stubby; but there was ever a merry twinkle in his blue eyes, and Mary well knew him for her friend.