dumpling

[ duhmp-ling ]
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noun
  1. a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.

  2. a dessert consisting of a wrapping of dough enclosing sliced apples or other fruit, boiled or baked.

  1. a short or stout person.

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Origin of dumpling

1
1590–1600; dump (of uncertain origin) + -ling1

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British Dictionary definitions for dumpling

dumpling

/ (ˈdʌmplɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a small ball of dough cooked and served with stew

  2. a pudding consisting of a round pastry case filled with fruit: apple dumpling

  1. informal a short plump person

Origin of dumpling

1
C16: dump-, perhaps variant of lump 1 + -ling 1

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