Stubbled

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of stubble form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered in stubble; stubbly.

    "The crew assistants ferried coffee to higher-ups, and a stubbled young actor in a brown velvet blazer paced about, wearing an iPod. He had the magazine-ready looks of a soap opera actor, and that is what he was — the co-star of a Greek soap opera that chose this Greek-heavy neighborhood as its actual and on-screen location."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a short growth of beard wordnet

Example

More examples

"The crew assistants ferried coffee to higher-ups, and a stubbled young actor in a brown velvet blazer paced about, wearing an iPod. He had the magazine-ready looks of a soap opera actor, and that is what he was — the co-star of a Greek soap opera that chose this Greek-heavy neighborhood as its actual and on-screen location."

Etymology

From stubble + -ed.

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