dumpy

Short and thick; stout or stocky.

Adjective

  1. Short and thick; stout or stocky.

Origin

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

Forms

dumpier dumpiest

Derived

dumpily dumpiness dumpy tree frog

Adjective Entry 2

  1. Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
    • "I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!" - 1983, John Bibee, The Magic Bicycle, page 17:
    • At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised. - 1990 February 4, Vanessa Nemeth,...
    • On the other side of the walls was a dumpy, trash-ridden street of the IZ, not far from an old government building of Saddam Hussein. - 2017, Jade Wu, Flash Points, page 145:

Origin

Etymology tree English dump English -y English dumpy From dump + -y.

Forms

dumpier dumpiest

Noun Entry 3

  1. A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
    • Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you. - 1857, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor, Smith, Elder & Co., page 102:
  2. A small bottle of beer.
    • Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10. - 2007, Alan Murphy, Southern Africa, page 414:
    • “Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week I have about three...
  3. Ellipsis of dumpy level.
    • Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […] - 2012, Raymond Paul, Walter Whyte, Basic Surveying, page 82:

Forms

dumpies

Noun slang

  1. Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
    • When her animation students at Kansas City Art Institute kept asking why the moms in Pixar have dump-truck asses, Bona Bones […] knew she had to share the answer beyond just the classroom. That’s how she found herself...

    Synonyms: dump truck

    Hypernyms: 'tocks arse arse cheeks ass ass cheeks back backside batty behind blessed assurance booty botty bottom bum bum cheeks buns butt butt cheeks buttocks caboose cheeks derriere dicky fanny

Forms

dumpies