short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; some people seem born to be square and chunky; a dumpy little dumpling of a woman; dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears; a little church with a squat tower; a squatty red smokestack; a stumpy ungainly figure

[ Syn: chunky , dumpy , low-set , squat , stumpy ]