(Australia, Canada, US) A small, squat beer bottle.
Weird stubby little things, those toes. Even weirder how Stede squeaks and squirms when he lets his feet dangle into the water and Izzy brushes *accidentally* over them.
Too small for my stubby fingers anyway...I was given a present of an Oura gen 3... playing with it for last 2 weeks.. it fits and not even the largest available...
(Australia, Canada, US) A small, squat beer bottle.
“Weird stubby little things, those toes. Even weirder how Stede squeaks and squirms when he lets his feet dangle into the water and Izzy brushes *accidentally* over them.”
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(Australia, New Zealand) A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.
(Australia, informal) A 2.25 litre bottle of beer, today made principally as a tourist novelty.
(AU) A tree which has been decorated by having empty beer bottles (stubbies) placed onto the tips of its branches.
(AU) An insulating receptacle, often decorated, designed to keep a stubby of beer cold while being drunk in a hot environment.
Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
“Too small for my stubby fingers anyway...I was given a present of an Oura gen 3... playing with it for last 2 weeks.. it fits and not even the largest available...”
Abounding with stubs.
"stubby" means: Abounding with stubs.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"stubby" means: Abounding with stubs.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
(AU, trademark erosion) A pair of elasticised shorts.