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dumpling

/ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
dumpling
IPA
/ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.

British usage

noun

A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.

American usage

noun

A term of endearment.

noun

A piece of excrement.

Example Sentences

Etymology

A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect, of uncertain origin: * perhaps from some Low German word (compare dümpeln (“bobbing up and down”)), * or from the rare dialectal adjective dump (“lump, of the consistency of dough”) (first attested in the late 1800s), + -ling (diminutive suffix), although dumpling is recorded much earlier. However, compare dumpy (“short and stout”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

dumplings (plural)

Derived Forms

dumplingy

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

dumpling dumplings

Questions

How do you pronounce dumpling?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/.
What does dumpling mean?
A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
Where does dumpling come from?
First known use: first attested in c. 1600s.

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