dumpy

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈdʌmpi/

Definition of dumpy

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Short and thick; stout or stocky.
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adj

  1. Short and thick; stout or stocky.
  2. Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
    “"I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"”
    “At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised.”
    “On the other side of the walls was a dumpy, trash-ridden street of the IZ, not far from an old government building of Saddam Hussein.”

noun

  1. A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
    “Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.”
  2. (South-Africa)A small bottle of beer.
    “Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.”
    ““Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week I have about three or four dumpies. I don’t pass out. I just get drunk,” he said.”
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of dumpy level.
    “Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]”
  4. (slang)Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
    “When her animation students at Kansas City Art Institute kept asking why the moms in Pixar have dump-truck asses, Bona Bones […] knew she had to share the answer beyond just the classroom. That’s how she found herself making a TikTok to directly answer the question: “Why do all Pixar moms have such huge dumpies?””

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.

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