stumpy adj : short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky}, {dumpy}, {low-set}, {squat}, {squatty}] [also: {stumpiest}, {stumpier}] stumpiest See {stumpy}