Dumpy

Quick meaning: Dumpy is an adjective meaning Short and thick; stout or stocky.

Meaning

Short and thick; stout or stocky.

More Meanings

1. A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
2. (South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
3. (surveying) Ellipsis of dumpy level.
4. Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
5. (slang) Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).

Example Sentences

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

"I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"

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

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.

Word Forms

• dumpier
• dumpiest
• dumpies

Synonyms for dumpy

Depending on context, synonyms include short, fat, pudgy, squat, chunky, squatty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chunky, squat, pudgy, fat, podgy, stumpy.

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