dumpy

Meaning

Adj

Short and thick; stout or stocky.

Noun

1. A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
2. (South-Africa) A small bottle of beer.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of dumpy level.

Noun

Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).

Synonyms

squat

stocky

stumpy

podgy

squatty

tubby

pudgy

roly-poly

chunky

chubby

thickset

low-set

plump

roly poly

sad

☹️

slovenly

snarled

snarly

squab

stout

stubby

sturdy

tousled

untidy

square-built

squabby

frowzled

short and plump

thick-bodied

bedraggled

chanky

cheerless

compact

disarranged

disarrayed

disheveled

dishevelled

foul

fouled

hefty

jumbled

messy

portly

Translations

tarchiato

rabassut

rodanxó

regordete

rondelet

tıknaz

bodur

tarchiata

plump

rechoncho

pummelig

dodu

replet

trapu

rundlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʌmpi/

Etymology

First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.