adj
Meaning 1
Short and thick; stout or stocky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
dumpy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈdʌmpi/
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CMU ARPABET: D AH1 M P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
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noun
Meaning 4
A small bottle of beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of dumpy level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
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noun
Meaning 6
Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dump truck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, blessed assurance, booty, botty, bottom, bum, bum cheeks, buns, butt, butt cheeks, buttocks, caboose, cheeks, derriere, dicky, fanny, fourth point of contact, gluteus maximus, glutes, gooseberry-grinder, gyatt, heinie, hiney, hinderlin, hurdies, jacksie, keester, keister, moon, moneymaker, nates, nether cheeks, patootie, peach, posterior, postern, rear, rear end, rump, seat, sit upon, tail, toches, tush, tushie
adjective
Meaning 7
resembling a garbage dump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
short and plump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- some people seem born to be square and chunky
- a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
- dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
- a little church with a squat tower
- a squatty red smokestack
- a stumpy ungainly figure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.
From dump + -y.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тантурест (tanturest) — short and thick
- Bulgarian: трътлест (trǎtlest) — short and thick
- Czech: zavalitý — short and thick
- Czech: buclatý — short and thick
- Galician: toupello — short and thick
- Hungarian: zömök — short and thick
- Hungarian: köpcös — short and thick
- Italian: tarchiato — short and thick
- Italian: tarchiata — short and thick
- Māori: takapū — short and thick
- Polish: przysadzisty — short and thick