stretchyadj.
colloquial.
1.
a. Having the quality of stretching; elastic.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable
stretchable1398
extensible1611
extensive1612
tensible1626
tensile1626
reaching1651
distendible1673
extendible1693
distractile1709
distensile1739
extensile1744
elastic1781
distensible1828
distensive1836
stretchy1854
stretching1897
two-way stretch1932
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 503 The marvellous stretchy tightness of their feathers.
1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 164 Would that we had some of the same stretchy kind [of rules] in America!
b. Liable to stretch unduly.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > stretched > liable to stretch unduly
stretchy1885
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable > unduly
stretchy1885
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 282/2 A workman with a true eye can often counteract ‘stretchy stock,’ and cover up the deficiencies of the stitcher so that the upper [of the boot] will be a ‘snug fit’.
2. Inclined to stretch oneself or one's limbs.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adjective] > inclined to stretch oneself
stretchy1872
1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xxvii. 200 In the night the pup would get stretchy and brace his feet against the old man's back.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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