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dumpling

[ duhmp-ling ]

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.
  3. a short or stout person.


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

  3. informal.
    a short plump person


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dumpling1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dumpling1

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

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Example Sentences

Whoever ends up with these dumplings is granted good luck for the rest of the year.

Qin also started selling dumplings after noticing how small Washington’s Chinatown was and wanting to share a taste of home with her community.

Since sheltering at home, I’ve been making dumplings more often, every two to three weeks, and freezing them.

I’m not sure I cut the dumpling dough correctly, but my weirdly sized and shaped dumplings worked for us.

From Eater

Office workers and shoppers huddled against the January chill are wolfing down plates of katsu curry, noodles and spicy dumplings.

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Mamoru taunts Usagi by giving her the nickname “dumpling head.”

Finally I believe this bunch isn't much smarter than the Apple Dumpling Gang.

Restaurant Soup dumpling shops may be a dime a dozen, but these are the best of the best.

Before I kid anyone, I am not about to recommend street vendors or secret dumpling shops.

Savor the perfectly pitched ear required to turn a simple phrase like “a dumpling, some knurled pouch of gristle.”

Scattergood opened his eyes and peered over his dumpling cheeks at McKettrick, but said nothing.

Lippo, seriously looking at him, said quite reproachfully, "Now you don't even see that we have apple-dumpling."

It belongs as much to the cooking of a dumpling as it does to the belief in deity.

His big fat face, shaped like a dumpling, wore a hard and ugly expression.

She had a clean cloth on the table, a plentiful dinner provided, and a dumpling set before each boy.

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