stocky

English

Etymology

From stock +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɒki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒki

Adjective

stocky (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)

1. (of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182:

     The girl in the robe is still performing her transaction behind the counter. The transcatee is a stocky Spanish-speaking woman in an orange dress.

Synonyms

• stubby
• thickset

Derived terms

• stockily

Translations

solidly built

• Bulgarian: як (bg) (jak), набит (bg) (nabit)
• Catalan: rabassut (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精壯 / 精壮 (jīngzhuàng), 結實 / 结实 (zh) (jiēshi)

• Dutch: gedrongen (nl)
• Finnish: tanakka (fi), vanttera (fi)
• French: trapu (fr)
• German: stämmig (de), gedrungen (de), stabil gebaut
• Hungarian: köpcös (hu)
• Icelandic: þéttvaxinn
• Irish: balcánta, blocánta, dingthe, puntánach, staiceáilte, suite, talmhaí, teanntúil
• Korean: 다부지다 (ko) (dabujida)
• Polish: krępy (pl)
• Romanian: îndesat (ro), bondoc (ro), scurt şi gros, mic şi solid
• Russian: корена́стый (ru) (korenástyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зде̏паст

  Latin: zdȅpast (sh)

• Spanish: rechoncho (es), redoblado (es), rebolludo, retaco (es), achaparrado (es), chaparrudo, aparrado (es), regordete (es), cachigordo, patango, chaparrete, chaparro (es), repolludo, papujo
• Yoruba: síngbọnlẹ̀