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Webster 1913 Edition


Dumpling

Dump′ling

,
Noun.
[Dimin. of
dump
an illshapen piece; cf. D.
dompelen
to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to
dump in
to plunge into, and E.
dump
, v. t.]
A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked;
as, an apple
dumpling
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dumpling

DUMPLING

,
Noun.
[from dump.] A kind of pudding or mass of paste in cookery; usually, a cover of paste inclosing an apple and boiled, called apple-dumpling.

Definition 2024


dumpling

dumpling

English

Noun

dumpling (plural dumplings)

  1. A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
  2. A term of endearment.
    My little dumpling.

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967