Stumpy.

Short and thick, stumpy. ? Obsolete exc. dialect.

= stubbed, adj.

Stumpy.

Like a stump; short and thick. Of grass, etc.: full of stumps or short hard stalks.

Short and thick, dumpy like a chub. Obsolete.

Somewhat of the character of a stump.

= chubby, adj. 1 2: ‘Big-headed like a chub’ (Johnson).

Short and thick; disproportionately broad or wide; podgy; thick-set. In general use.

Chub-shaped; hence gen. blunt and thick.

attributive. Pertaining to the chub, chub-like.

Squat, dumpy.

Clod-like in shape, short and thick, lumpish.

Shaped like a little club.

Resembling a plug; (English regional (East Anglian)) spec. short, thick, sturdy (now rare). Also in †pluggy-faced adj.

Having a thick clumsy form.

Short, thickset; stumpy; podgy.

Somewhat tubby; resembling a tub.

Stunted. Short and thick.

Swelling, plump; filled out, rounded, short and thick. (But bunting lamb may be from bunt, v.2)

Short and stout; deficient in length or stature.

Of the nature or form of a clump.

Blunt; short, dumpy.

Of the nature of a stub; short and thick or broad. Of a person, beast, a limb, etc.: Short and thick-set in figure.

Of animals and things.

Shortened, stumpy.

Tub-shaped, tub-like; of rounded outline, and stout or broad in proportion to the length; of a person, corpulent.

Short and thick or chubby; fat.

Somewhat squat; squattish.

Short and plump; podgy. Also in combinations.