Meanings
adjectivestocky (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)
comparative stockier · superlative stockiest
- Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
The girl in the robe is still performing her transaction behind the counter. The transcatee is a stocky Spanish-speaking woman in an orange dress.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182Synonyms: stubby, thickset, big-boned, buirdly, cobby, dumpy, eurysome, fubsy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
- Proto-Germanic*stikaną
- Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
- Proto-West Germanic*stokk
- Old Englishstocc
- Middle Englishstok
- Englishstock
- Englishstocky
Translations
Bulgarian як, набит
- як (jak)solidly built
- набит (nabit)solidly built
Catalan rabassut
- rabassutsolidly built
Chinese Mandarin 精壯 /精壮, 結實 /结实
- 精壯 /精壮 (jīngzhuàng)solidly built
- 結實 /结实 (jiēshi)solidly built
Dutch gedrongen
- gedrongensolidly built
Finnish tanakka, vanttera
- tanakkasolidly built
- vantterasolidly built
French trapu
- trapusolidly built
German stämmig, gedrungen
- stämmigsolidly built
- gedrungensolidly built
- stabil gebautsolidly built
Hungarian köpcös
- köpcössolidly built
Icelandic þéttvaxinn
- þéttvaxinnsolidly built
Irish balcánta, blocánta
- balcántasolidly built
- blocántasolidly built
- dingthesolidly built
- puntánachsolidly built
- staiceáiltesolidly built
- suitesolidly built
- talmhaísolidly built
- teanntúilsolidly built
Korean 다부지다
- 다부지다 (dabujida)solidly built
Polish krępy
- krępysolidly built
Romanian îndesat, bondoc
- îndesatsolidly built
- bondocsolidly built
- scurt şi grossolidly built
- mic şi solidsolidly built
Russian корена́стый
- корена́стый (korenástyj)solidly built
Spanish redoblado, rebolludo
- redobladosolidly built
- rebolludosolidly built
- rehechosolidly built
- trepadosolidly built
- rollizosolidly built
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stocky
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APA
stocky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stocky
MLA
“stocky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stocky. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stocky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stocky.
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