Small vs Stubby - What's the difference?
small | stubby |
Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
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(writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
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Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
In a small fashion.
* (William Shakespeare), (w, A Midsummer Night's Dream) , Act I, scene 2, line 49:
In or into small pieces.
* 2009 , Ingrid Hoffman, CBS Early Morning for September 28, 2009 (transcription)
(obsolete) To a small extent.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), Sonnets , "Lucrece", line 1273
Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
(UK, in the plural) Underclothes.
(obsolete) To make little or less.
To become small; to dwindle.
* Thomas Hardy
Abounding with stubs.
Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
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* 2003 , Katina Z. Jones, The Everything Palmistry Book ,
* 2009 , George P. Hansen, Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain , iUniverse,
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A small, squat beer bottle.
* 1998 , Randy Ray, Mark Kearney, The Great Canadian Trivia ,
* 2002 , A. S. Finney, Gully Ghost , Eloquent Books, US,
* 2004 , Michael McGirr, Bypass: The Story of a Road , 2005, Pan Macmillan Australia,
* 2005 , , 2006, Black Swan,
* 2008 , Albert Drake, The Age of Hot Rods: Essays on Rods, Custom Cars and Their Drivers from the 1950s to Today , McFarland & Co, US,
* 2008 , Ron Bowden, The Lazy Brewer?s Handbook , BOOKSnTHAT, Australia,
* 2009 , Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales , 2010, ReadHowYouWant,
* 2009 , Bill Marsh, Great Australian Stories: Outback Towns and Pubs , 2011,
The alternative form stubbie is common in Australian and New Zealand English usage.
As a proper noun small
is .As an adjective stubby is
abounding with stubs.As a noun stubby is
(australia|new zealand|canada|us) a small, squat beer bottle.small
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}
- A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
- a small space of time
Synonyms
* (not large or big) little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny; see also * little, wee (Scottish), young * (of written letters) lowercase, minusculeAntonyms
* See also * (not large or big) capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large * adult, grown-up, old * (of written letters) big, capital, majuscule, uppercaseDerived terms
* small arm * small arms * small beer * small calorie * small-cell lung cancer * small change * small claims court * smallclothes * smaller European elm bark beetle * small forward * small fry * smallgoods * smallholder * smallholding * small hours * small intestine * smallish * small-minded * smallmouth * smallmouth bass * smallmouth black bass * smallness * small potatoes * smallpox * smalls * small-scale * small screen * small stuff * smallsword * small talk * small-time * * small wonder * twice as small * twice as small asAdverb
(er)- That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and / you may speak as small as you will.
- That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.
- It small avails my mood.
Derived terms
* writ smallNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* small of the backVerb
(en verb)- And smalled till she was nought at all.
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*stubby
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Adjective
(er)page 17,
- The mouth with its bright, shiny grimace exposes a stubby' row of teeth, from left to right growing '''stubbier''' and ' stubbier , with more and more cavities.
page 8,
- For instance, long, thin hands generally indicate that a person is creative and intuitive, while shorter, stubbier hands typically connote a hardworking or athletic type of person.
page 249,
- The front-most spines are the shortest, stubbiest , and most forward directed.
Synonyms
* (abounding with stubs) * (short and thick) squatNoun
(stubbies)page 201,
- While most stubbies' looked alike, there was one distinct '''stubby''' brought out by Carling-O?Keefe.The era of the ' stubby was short, however. Although a superior container, it was not chic enough for the 1980s drinker.
page 74,
- Annie looked at him a bit surprised and came in, and he realized she carried a bottle of beer with her. Not a stubby , but a long neck.
page 117,
- Near the memorial were some wine casks and an unopened stubby of beer, whose label was yet to fade, which had been left to slake the thirst of the deceased.
page 133,
- Another notable thing that happens this month is the debut of Spycatcher on Star TV.But come Wednesday night, he sits in the TV room with his stubby of Foster?s beer and watches Steve Nolan catch dirty foreigners (called Commies) selling secrets to some Russian organization called the KGB.
page 45,
- I had everything planned, and later I kept a stubby behind the spare tire of my ?37 Ford until the bottle was better aged than the beer. I don?t know what happened to it but I?m surprised that it didn?t explode with the heat of that summer.
page 4,
- A schooner (425ml in Queensland) , when you allow for the collar, is not much more beer than a stubby'. A ' stubby of home brew costs me 25 cents.
page 253,
- The Liquor Trades Union member concedes that both dogs are quite clever, but says his is even cleverer. His dog, named Measure, is told to go and fetch a stubby of beer and pour seven ounces into a ten-ounce glass. It does this perfectly.
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- Anyhow, so I goes into the bar and there?s the donkey having a beer with a tourist. See, the way they done it was, they?d hold up the stubby and the donkey would just guzzle it down, like there was no tomorrow.
Usage notes
The stubby (the beer bottle) is widely used in Australia, New Zealand and in Europe. In Canada it was used almost exclusively from 1962-1986, as part of a standardisation drive.The alternative form stubbie is common in Australian and New Zealand English usage.
