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# stubby

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

«stubby» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Short and thick: stubby fingers, a stubby pencil. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stubby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubby/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stubby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stubby.html) on Mova free.