Dumpy

//ˈdʌmpi// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Short and thick; stout or stocky.
  2. 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!""

Adjective
  1. 1
    short and plump wordnet
  2. 2
    short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature wordnet
  3. 3
    resembling a garbage dump wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”). slang

    "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?”"

  3. 3
    A small bottle of beer. South-Africa

    "Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10."

  4. 4
    Ellipsis of dumpy level. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

From dump + -y.

Etymology 4

From dump + -y.

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