stubby
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Synonyms
chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stocky, stout, stumpy, thickset
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SpaceX decided not to bother making a replacement and instead to do tests without a nose cone, giving the rocket its stubby water tower appearance. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, "SpaceX Starhopper rocket takes a bigger hop as Elon Musk prepares for Mars," 27 Aug. 2019 The missile looks like a Tomahawk cruise missile, a bullet-shaped, stubby-winged, low flying missile first used in the 1991 Gulf War. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "After Leaving Treaty, U.S. Tests Ground Launched Cruise Missile," 20 Aug. 2019 This is where the company recently flew a stubby prototype of Starship and is also building Starship Mk1, a full-scale version of Starship for suborbital tests. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Catching a falling fairing, Delta IV Heavy may stop in 2024," 9 Aug. 2019 Between them are Herald Square’s collection of mostly stubby buildings, except for the Empire State Building, that developers believe could be part of a giant business district stretching across the width of Manhattan. — Matthew Haag, New York Times, "Should Macy’s Build a Giant Tower in One of N.Y.’s Most Congested Neighborhoods?," 1 July 2019 With its bullet-like shape, stubby wings, and two tone black and white appearance, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle looks like a smaller, cuter version of the manned orbiter that served NASA for decades. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Everything We Know About the Air Force's Secret X-37B Spaceplane," 30 July 2019 Banh canh cua drops short, stubby tapioca noodles with a hefty chew into a gentle, ruddy crab broth with a hint of roe and the texture of smooth satin. — Dominic Armato, azcentral, "Go to Hue Gourmet for Vietnamese cuisine you can't find anywhere else in metro Phoenix," 10 July 2019 The bike trip stuck to the southeast corner of the island, spending a good bit of time in an area known as Val di Noto, brimming with olive groves, citrus fields and farmland dotted with stubby stone walls and giant rolls of golden hay. — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, "The honeymoon’s not over: A return to Sicily uncovers new reasons to fall in love with this alluring island," 8 July 2019 Right at the cusp between inside and outside sits an undesirable row of low tables with stubby, awkward chairs. — Bill Addison, latimes.com, "Is Spago relevant? Our critic talks through three (very different) recent meals," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stubby.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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