stubby

Nine university students entered the preliminaries this year, wrestling bulls weighing hundreds of kilograms and sporting hard, stubby horns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

He wore black turtlenecks, short-sleeved because it was summer, and kept a stubby, utterly earnest ponytail.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

We pick the pretty ones, then select some Roman candles and two stubby fountains.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Compared with migratory birds in temperate regions, sedentary birds in the tropics have stubbier wings, poorer flight, and more restricted ranges.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 16, 2022

They're essentially shorter, stubbier, and wider pasta noodles, compared to rigatoni.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022

Passed between multiple chambers by a second, stubbier robotic arm on the rover’s underbelly, the sample was sized up and photographed before finally being hermetically sealed and cached.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2021

Those sycamores are expanding horizontally, creating a canopy over the stubbier plants.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2021

Those of the red fir are shorter, stubbier and stiffer than those of the white.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James