stumpy
Like truncated limbs
Stumpy describes something short and thick, like a stump.
A stumpy tail is one that's been docked or is naturally abbreviated.
Stumpy legs or fingers are disproportionately short relative to the body.
The word carries a slightly disparaging tone when applied to people: a stumpy little man waddled toward us.
Crouching on bent legs
- stockyShort and solidly built
- stoutHeavy, dark brewed beverage
- chunkyThick and lumpy
- thicksetHeavily and solidly built
dumpy · pudgy · compact · heavyset · stubby · blocky · low-slung · barrel-shaped
Cut off abruptly
pruned · cut-off · bobbed · amputated · clipped · snipped · trimmed · curtailed
Twisted and knotty
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- knottedTied with loops
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- oakQuercus genus member
twisted · gnarly · bonsai · pollarded · coppiced · deadwood · driftwood · rootstock
squat
Crouching on bent legs
thickset · dumpy · pudgy · compact · heavyset · stubby · blocky · low-slung · barrel-shaped · broad
truncated
Cut off abruptly
cropped · pruned · cut-off · bobbed · amputated · clipped · snipped · trimmed · curtailed · severed
gnarled
Twisted and knotty
oak · twisted · gnarly · bonsai · pollarded · coppiced · deadwood · driftwood · rootstock · burled
ungainly
Lacking ease of movement
graceless · disproportionate · squat · inelegant · clunky · unshapely · comical · cartoonish
stub
Retained portion after detachment
- nubCentral point, essence
- residualWhat remains afterward
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
amputee · phantom · digit · appendage · extremity · peg-leg · fingerless · toeless · vestigial · remnant
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build
- heighttall, short, high, low, height
- short-leggedcorgi, dachshund, basset hound, wiener dog, sausage dog
- tailless animalsManx cat, bobtail
- tree stumpCut trunk remnant
- stump speechCandidate's standard campaign oration
- dumb as a stumpIdiom for extreme stupidity
- stump speechesRepeated political orations
- bloody stump
- on the stumpActively seeking political support