Dumpy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dumpish; sad; sulky.
  • Short and thick; squat.
  • noun. A specimen of a breed of the domestic hen in which the bones of the legs are remarkably short. Also called creeper.
  • noun. Same as dumpy-level.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
  • adjective. Sullen or discontented. See 2nd dump{1}.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. short and thick; stout or stocky
  • noun. A small bottle of beer.
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  • adjective. short and plump
  • adjective. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
  • adjective. resembling a garbage dump
  • Word Usage
    "This kind of thing was imitated all over Southern California on half-million dollar homes in dumpy neighborhoods with nobody being caught because the losses from fraud were too spread out for anybody to bother burning any shoe leather to check them out."
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    fat  little  short  
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    bumpy  clumpy  frumpy  grumpy  jumpy  
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