Associations to the word «Dumpy»
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Wiktionary
DUMPY, adjective. Short and thick; stout or stocky
DUMPY, noun. (South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
DUMPY LEVEL, noun. (surveying) A level having a short telescope rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one.
DUMPY LEVELS, noun. Plural of dumpy level
Dictionary definition
DUMPY, adjective. Resembling a garbage dump.
DUMPY, adjective. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure".
DUMPY, adjective. Short and plump.
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