I. ˈstəmpē, -pi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: stump (I) + -y
1. : full of short hard stalks or stubble
walking through the stumpy grass
2.
a. : short and thick like a stump
his stumpy old umbrella — G.K.Chesterton
bunches of stumpy chimneys — Nigel Dennis
a squat red smokestack between two stumpy masts — George Santayana
a stumpy building
b. : having a short thick build : stubby
is a block of a woman, thick and stumpy and wide — Claudia Cassidy
stumpy ungainly figure — R.H.Sampson
3. : full or abounding in stumps
a hand-to-mouth existence on wheat and corn grown in stumpy clearings — Appalachia
II. noun
( -es )
1. : one that is stumpy or has a stump
2. : a pole-masted Thames barge
3. Britain : money , cash