stocky

stocky, thickset, thick, chunky, stubby, squat, dumpy are comparable when they apply to build of the human body and mean being relatively compact in form.

Stocky implies a short and wide or thick build and is likely to be complimentary in suggesting compact sturdiness

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stocky though not chubby— White

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a stocky hard-hitting catcher

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Thickset may describe a thick, solid, burly body

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too thickset for jockeying— Masefieldy

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Thick may be used for bodily parts

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thick lips

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thick legs

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more often than for body build.

Chunky may indicate a body type ample but robust and solid

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short and chunky, not quite fat— Harold Sinclair

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a well-fed, chunky, healthy boy

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Stubby, less apt than others in this set to describe human body types, indicates noteworthy lack of height or length and corresponding shortness put- fielders' gloves have longer fingers . . . infielders' gloves have relatively stubby fingers— New Yorkery Squat and dumpy are usually uncomplimentary.

Squat may indicate unshapely lack of height as though suggesting a person squatting

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the squat misshapen figure that flattened itself into the shadow— Wilde

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anchored vessels of every sort from squat Baltic timber carriers— Wheelwright

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Dumpy may suggest short, lumpish gracelessness of body

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stumpy, dumpy girls with their rather coarse features, big buttocks and heavy breasts— Koestler

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