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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

dumpiest

superlative form of dumpy: most dumpy

Anagrams

• dumpsite

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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