Pronunciations
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/ˈɹʌmp.ti/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
- US
Interjection
A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
- Related words
- rumpti-rumpty-tumpty
- Examples
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I sang it through, "Rumpty tumpty toddy man," as Grandpa thumped his blackthorn stick against the floor and everyone laughed.
[…] he heard a distant sound, or song, behind him. "Rumpty didily dum. Rumpty dididly doo. Rumpty doo doo dumpty didily rumpty didily dum."
Adjective
Of a quality below standard; in a state of disrepair.
Usage- New-Zealand
- Related words
- Examples
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I lived in a fringe of the city, down Happy Valley Road, in a bit of a rumpty palace of a house banged together by some DIY no-hoper.