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ˈdʌm pidumpy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dumpyadjective

    resembling a garbage dump

  2. chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpyadjective

    short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

    "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"

  3. dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-polyadjective

    short and plump

Wiktionary

  1. dumpyadjective

    short and thick; stout or stocky

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  1. dumpy

    Dumpy is an adjective used to describe a short and stout figure or shape. It often refers to something or someone that is compact, heavyset or chunky. Additionally, in a less common usage, it can also imply a sense of unpleasantness, dullness or lackiness attractiveness or stylishness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dumpy

    short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout

  2. Dumpy

    sullen or discontented

  3. Etymology: [1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From Dump sadness.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dumpy

    dump′i, adj. short and thick.—n. a dumpy person or animal, esp. one of a breed of very short-legged fowls.—n. Dumpi′ness.—v.t. Dum′ple, to make or cook, as a dumpling: to bend into a dumpy shape.—n. Dump′y-lev′el, a spirit-level used in surveying, having a short telescope with a large aperture. [From a provincial form dump, a clumsy piece.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dumpy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dumpy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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