stout1, a.1(i) Láidir, tréan; (ii) misniúil, cróga; (iii) daingean dáigh. A stout lad, balcaire m. Stout fellow, ógánach calma. To put up a stout resistance, tú féin a chosaint go cróga. Stout heart, croí cróga. 2(Of thg.) Téagrach, tathagach. Stout sole, bonn láidir. 3Beathaithe, coimpléascach, ramhar. To grow stout, titim chun feola. ►stoutly, adv.1Go láidir, etc. To deny sth. stoutly, rud a shéanadh go teann. He stoutly maintained that . . ., dhearbhaigh sé go dubh agus go bán go . . . 2Stoutly built, daingean, teann.