snubby

English

Noun

snubby (plural snubbies)

1. A revolver with a barrel length of 3 inches (76.2 mm) or less.
   • 2015 June 17, B. Gil Horman, “The Return of the Ruger SP101.327 Fed. Mag.”, in American Rifleman:

     Accessories for this version of the SP101 are not as diverse as those available for the five-shot snubby, but excellent add-ons are available.

Synonyms

• snubnosed revolver

Adjective

snubby (comparative snubbier or more snubby, superlative snubbiest or most snubby)

1. Short, stumpy.
   • 1842, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Peg of Limavady”, in The Irish Sketchbook‎^[1], lines 69–72:

     Both have mottled legs,
     Both have snubby noses,
     Both have—Here the host
     Kindly interposes:

   • 1939, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Coming Up for Air‎^[2]:

     Well, for more than five years that was me—an alert young chap with a round, pink, snubby kind of face and butter-coloured hair […]

   • 2000 February 28, R. Z. Sheppard, “Follow the Paper”, in Time:

     Armed with snubby flintlock and limber blade, Weaver does his crime busting in London during the second decade of the 18th century.

   • 2006, L. J. K. Setright, Long Lane with Turnings: Last Words of a Motoring Legend, London: Granta Books, page 36:

     There was not much of it: the wheelbase was only ninety inches and the track precisely half of that, with a little cast-iron side-valve engine of 918cm² cowering in the depths beneath the snubby bonnet.

Synonyms

• snub