DUMPIER

DUMPY

dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly

(adjective) short and plump

chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy

(adjective) 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”

dumpy

(adjective) resembling a garbage dump

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

dumpier

comparative form of dumpy

Anagrams

• impured, umpired

Source: Wiktionary


DUMPY

Dump"y, a. [Compar. Dumpier; superl. Dumpiest.] Etym: [

1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece.

2. From Dump sadness.]

1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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