dump|ling

dump|ling
dump|ling «DUHMP lihng», noun.
1. a rounded piece of dough, boiled or steamed, and usually served with meat.
2. a small pudding made by enclosing fruit in a piece of dough and baking or steaming it.
3. a dumpy animal or person, short and of rounded outlines.
[< earlier dump a badly shaped piece + -ling]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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