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DUMPY (dumpier, dumpiest)

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• DUMPY (adjective)
The adjective DUMPY has 3 senses:

1. resembling a garbage dump
2. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
3. short and plump

Familiarity information: DUMPY used as an adjective is uncommon.

• DUMPY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Resembling a garbage dump

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

dump (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

Synonyms:

stumpy; squatty; low-set; squat; dumpy; chunky

Context examples:

some people seem born to be square and chunky / a dumpy little dumpling of a woman / dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears / a little church with a squat tower / a squatty red smokestack / a stumpy ungainly figure

Similar:

short (low in stature; not tall)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Short and plump

Synonyms:

podgy; pudgy; roly-poly; tubby; dumpy

Similar:

fat (having much flesh (especially fat))

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