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31stubby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. thickset; bristly. See shortness, roughness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. chubby, stout, stocky; see fat 1 , short 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. short, thickset, stocky, squat, pudgy, *built… …
32thick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. broad, wide, massive, thickset, stout, fat; dense, solid; populous, crowded; heavy, viscous, creamy, gooey (sl.); foggy, smoky, hazy; hoarse, guttural, throaty; slow[ witted], witless. See breadth,… …
33stocky — stocky, thickset, thick, chunky, stubby, squat, dumpy are comparable when they apply to build of the human body and mean being relatively compact in form. Stocky implies a short and wide or thick build and is likely to be complimentary in… …
34schipperke — /skip euhr kee, keuh/, n. one of a Belgian breed of small dogs having erect ears and a thick, black coat, originally used as a watchdog on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium. [1885 90; < dial. D: little boatman, equiv. to schipper SKIPPER1 + ke …
35sperm whale — a large, square snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas. [1825 35] * * * or cachalot Thickset, blunt snouted toothed whale (Physeter catodon, family Physeteridae) with small …
36dumpy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stocky, chubby, chunky (see rotundity). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. stout, *built like a fireplug, short, thickset. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Short, heavy, and solidly built: blocky …
37fat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plump, stout, corpulent, obese, portly, chubby; fertile, profitable, fruitful, rich; greasy, unctuous. See size, rotundity, smoothness, production.Ant., thin, emaciated. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
38stodgy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. short, thickset, stocky; sluggish, slow, obstinate, stolid; tedious, dull, unimaginative; backward, old fashioned. See permanence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. boring, uninteresting,… …
39stout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stalwart, robust, brawny, firm; doughty, bold, dauntless, resolute, stouthearted; determined, stubborn; stocky, thickset, portly. See courage, size, rotundity, strength. Ant., slim, timid, weak. II… …
40thick — (adj.) O.E. þicce not thin, dense, from P.Gmc. *theku , *thekwia (Cf. O.S. thikki, O.H.G. dicchi, Ger. dick, O.N. þykkr, O.Fris. thikke), from PIE *tegu thick (Cf. Gaelic tiugh). Secondary O.E. sense of close together is preserved in …
