chumpy

comparative chumpier · superlative chumpiest

1. Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions.

   Susan Bennett sat rigid, smoothing her skirt round her chumpy thighs and fixing her gaze on the wall above Marissa Caldwell.

   2000, Michael James, That'll Teach You!

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   The Navigating compass should stand about five feet above the deck, […]. This is a convenient height for the officer of the deck, unless perchance he may be chumpy, in which case he may be permitted to use a step.

   1903, William James Smith, Practical Compass Adjustment

   A chumpy neck is especially bad; for while a little dog may get along on a foot scent with a short neck, a comparatively large and unwieldy dog tires himself terribly by the necessity for crouching in his fast pace.

   1906, James Watson, The dog book

   Synonyms: dumpy, dubby

2. slangBlockheaded; dim-witted.
3. slangmildly insultingLike a chump; annoying.