stumpy /ˈstʌmpi/adjective 2noun 2forms 4 adjective2 •Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.“That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!” — 2017 •Full of stumps. noun2 •(slang) An amputee who has lost a leg.Many of the cricketers were amputees, yet they were not without resources. The "wingies" did the running for the "stumpies," and the "stumpies" did the batting for the "wingies." — 1976 •(slang, no longer used) Money.Down with the stumpy; a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half. — 1881 formsStumpies · stumpies · stumpier · stumpiest