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stubble

stubble

15 4.2
Short stiff hairs on a man's face after a few days without shaving
  • noun
  • /ˈstʌbəl/
translation icon : barba de varios días
  • After not shaving for a few days, he noticed a coarse stubble forming on his face.

An actual trans person wouldn't want you to see his stubble.

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Examples

  • "No go bed now." Smithers knelt by his son and rubbed the prickly stubble on Mickey's face.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • And I mean, I think, I think my stubble was at a point now where I need some oil.

  • So let's give him just a little stubble on the face.

  • But he stopped shaving, allowing the dark stubble to come through again.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Several days' growth of patchy black stubble dotted his face.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • No beard or mustache, but a good two days' worth of stubble darkening his cheeks and chin.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Peter's face looked strained; his normally clean-shaven cheeks were black with stubble, and his filthy clothes reeked of sweat.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • With his short, dark stubble, he looked rugged and unkempt.

  • He decided to let his stubble grow for a few days before his next barber appointment.

Synonyms

facial hair
vsstubble
26 1.0

Hair that grows on the face, like a beard or mustache

is a short, temporary growth that appears after not shaving for days
whiskers
vsstubble
1 1.0

Hair that grows on a man's cheeks and chin

is a short, stiff growth after a few days without shaving

Antonyms

clean-shaven
12 3.5

A person with no hair on the face, like on the chin and cheeks

How Long

bearded
52 1.0
stubble
15 4.2
clean-shaven
12 3.5

Surface Forms

stubble singular
stubbles plural

Morphology

stubble = stub (semi-transparent) = stub + le

The facial-hair sense is a metaphorical extension from small 'stubs' of hair on the skin; the relation is clear but involves a figurative shift.

Etymology

Stubble was later used for the short, stiff hair on a man's face because those little hairs look like tiny 'stumps' left after cutting. So stubble now means the short, rough hairs on someone's face after a few days without shaving.