different between stubble vs stubbie

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?b.?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)

1. (countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. (countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Synonyms

• (short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
• stub
• stump

Related terms

• etiolate
• stipula

Translations

Verb

stubble (third-person singular simple present stubbles, present participle stubbling, simple past and past participle stubbled)

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English

Alternative forms

• stubby

Etymology

stub +? -ie

Pronunciation

Noun

stubbie (plural stubbies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.
   • 2006, Tom Conyers, Morse Code for Cats, 2008, Zeus Publications, Australia, page 59,

     Joe drank his lone stubbie of light beer like it was poison – which isn?t far wrong.

   • 2002, Patsy McCarthy, Caroline Hatcher, Presentation Skills: The Essential Guide for Students, Allen & Unwin, Australia, page 99,

     Every time you throw your Coke can or your stubbie, or leave your McDonald?s wrapper on the beach, you spoil our beautiful pristine coastline.

   • 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 384,

     The communal area is constantly cruisey, whether you?re slung low in a hammock or sipping your BYO stubbie in the cool, cushioned area with a frayed map in hand.

   • 2011, S. J. Waddell, Exploration Days: An a to Z of Ways of Dying in Mineral Exploration, Xlibris, page 76,

     In PNG we would buy beer wholesale at around 10 cents per stubbie or can, and sell it to ourselves at 20 cents per stubbie or can.

Anagrams

• tubbies