From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstockystock‧y /ˈstɒki $ ˈstɑː-/ adjective (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest) STRONG PERSONa stocky person is short and heavy and looks strong a stocky build► see thesaurus at short —stockily adverb —stockiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
stocky• The sisters had similar features but Rachel was shorter and stockier.• The picture shows him as a stocky, almost rotund man.• He's a big stocky bloke and he plays rugby.• a blond, stocky boy• The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build.• That's the stocky figure of Malachi Horan going down the hill now.• He was a stocky, forty-year-old Londoner with a pale skin and crew-cut red hair.• Shorter than Carver - five foot seven - he was heavily built with wide shoulders and stocky legs.• Brandon's quite stocky really, isn't he?• Claire was the younger sister; square-jawed and stocky, the one with the head for business.• He identified Davis as one of the people and described the other as a stocky woman with a ruddy complexion.stocky build• He's in his late twenties, about five feet ten and of a stocky build.• The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build.• Witnesses described the running man as about 5', of stocky build, and with an extremely florid complexion.• A homely man of stocky build he sported an untidy moustache. 