stocky - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Adjective
stocky (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)
- (of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
- ✤ 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.1
Etymology
From stock + -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈstɒki/
- (General American) IPA: /ˈstɑki/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Rhymes: -ɒki
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Footnotes
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1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182: ↩