dumpling, dumplings
(noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dumplings
plural of dumpling
Source: Wiktionary
Dump"ling, n. Etym: [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge into, and E. dump, v. t.]
Definition: A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.
Dum"ple, v. t. Etym: [See Dumpling.]
Definition: To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another. [R.] He was a little man, dumpled up together. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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