dumpy
About 0.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Short and thick; stout or stocky.
- noun A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
- noun A small bottle of beer.
- noun Ellipsis of dumpy level.
- adjective Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
- noun Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
Similar words
chunky squat tubby pudgy fat podgy stumpy squatty short low-set
Often followed by
level little and figure woman man old in body
Word family
dumpier dumpiest dumpily dumpiness dumpinesses
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