Dumpling Definition

dŭmplĭng
dumplings
noun
dumplings
A small piece of dough, steamed or boiled and served with meat or soup.
Webster's New World
A crust of dough filled with fruit and steamed or baked.
Webster's New World
A short, fat person or animal.
Webster's New World
A term of endearment.
My little dumpling.
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Other Word Forms of Dumpling

Noun

Singular:
dumpling
Plural:
dumplings

Origin of Dumpling

  • perhaps an alteration of lump, possibly associated with -ling by popular etymology

    From Wiktionary

  • Earlier dumplin perhaps from dump lump

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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