dumple

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verb

To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.

“January 17, 1827, Sir Walter Scott, Journal entry He was a little man, dumpled up together.”

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Meanings

verbdumple (third-person singular simple present dumples, present participle dumpling, simple past and past participle dumpled)

present singular third person dumples · participle present dumpling · participle past dumpled · past dumpled

  1. transitiveTo make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.

    January 17, 1827, Sir Walter Scott, Journal entry He was a little man, dumpled up together.

Origin

See dumpling.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

plumed
Cite this entry
APA

dumple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumple

MLA

“dumple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumple. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumple,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumple.

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