Dumpy
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 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 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 A small bottle of beer. South-Africa
"Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10."
- 4 Ellipsis of dumpy level. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]"
- 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!""
- 1 short and plump wordnet
- 2 short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature wordnet
- 3 resembling a garbage dump wordnet
Example
More examples"That dress makes you look dumpy."
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.
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