Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈdʌmpi/
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ˈdʌmpi
Adjective
Short and thick; stout or stocky.
Noun
A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
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Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.
A small bottle of beer.
Usage- South-Africa
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Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.
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“Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week I have about three or four dumpies. I don’t pass out. I just get drunk,” he said.
Adjective
Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
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"I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"
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At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised.
On the other side of the walls was a dumpy, trash-ridden street of the IZ, not far from an old government building of Saddam Hussein.
Noun
Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
Usage- Slang
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When her animation students at Kansas City Art Institute kept asking why the moms in Pixar have dump-truck asses, Bona Bones […] knew she had to share the answer beyond just the classroom. That’s how she found herself making a TikTok to directly answer the question: “Why do all Pixar moms have such huge dumpies?”
Adjective
resembling a garbage dump
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
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some people seem born to be square and chunky
a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
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dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
a little church with a squat tower
a squatty red smokestack
a stumpy ungainly figure
short and plump