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# stubby

«stubby» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short and thick: stubby fingers, a stubby pencil** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (stubby, stubbier, stubbiest); noun (a stubby, stubbies — Australia, NZ informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Short and thick: stubby fingers, a stubby pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#m1)

2) (Australia, NZ, informal) A small squat glass bottle of beer, about 375 ml. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#m2)

3) «Stubby holder» (Australia): a foam cover that keeps a drink can or bottle cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, «stubby» describes short, thick things: a stubby tail, stubby legs, a stubby candle. In Australian and New Zealand everyday life a stubby is a short beer bottle for adults, and stubby holders are common souvenirs.

### examples

- The puppy wagged its stubby tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#x1)
- I wrote with a stubby pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#x2)
- The troll had stubby fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#x3)
- A dachshund has stubby legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#x4)
- (Australia) Dad grabbed a stubby from the esky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#x5)
- We bought a stubby holder as a souvenir from Sydney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#x6)

### note

From stub (a short leftover end) + -y. Not the same as «stubborn». The Australian bottle sense is informal and about adults' beer.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stubby» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.