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chumpy
/ˈt͡ʃʌmpi/
adj 3
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4ADJ.
round
CHUMPY + NOUN
case, neck, thighs
PREP.
in
ADV.
especially
Definitions
adj
1
Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions.
The Navigating compass should stand about five feet above the deck, […]. This is a convenient height for the officer of the deck, unless perchance he may be chumpy, in which case he may be permitted to use a step.
A chumpy neck is especially bad; for while a little dog may get along on a foot scent with a short neck, a comparatively large and unwieldy dog tires himself terribly by the necessity for crouching in his fast pace.
2
Blockheaded; dim-witted.
3
Like a chump; annoying.
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The Navigating compass should stand about five feet above the deck, […]. This is a convenient height for the officer of the deck, unless perchance he may be chumpy, in which case he may be permitted t
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A chumpy neck is especially bad; for while a little dog may get along on a foot scent with a short neck, a comparatively large and unwieldy dog tires himself terribly by the necessity for crouching in
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Susan Bennett sat rigid, smoothing her skirt round her chumpy thighs and fixing her gaze on the wall above Marissa Caldwell.
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