dumpling
noun/ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/
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”).
› A ball of dough that is cooked and may have…
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Endearing A term of endearment.
- My little dumpling.
- 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
- Synonyms
- dumpling
- Derived terms
- apple dumpling, apple-dumpling shop, Chinese dumpling, clootie dumpling, crotch dumpling, dumpling-depot, dumpling squid, dumplingy, hump dumpling, Norfolk dumpling, North Dumpling Island, potato dumpling, raspberry dumpling, rice dumpling, soup dumpling, yeast dumpling
- Related terms
- canederlo, gnocchi, dim sim, dim sum, empanada, har gow, pierogi, varenyky, pelmeni, quenelle, ravioli, shaomai, shumai, wonton
- Hypernyms
- food