dumpling

[duhmp-ling]

noun

1. a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.

2. a dessert consisting of a wrapping of dough enclosing sliced apples or other fruit, boiled or baked.

3. a short or stout person.

dumpling

/ ˈdʌmplɪŋ /

noun

1. a small ball of dough cooked and served with stew

2. a pudding consisting of a round pastry case filled with fruit

   apple dumpling

3. informal,  a short plump person

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumpling¹

1590–1600; dump (of uncertain origin) + -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumpling¹

C16: dump- , perhaps variant of _lump ¹ + _-ling ¹

Example Sentences

We started with khinkali, handheld Georgian soup dumplings with thick, meaty fillings.

Read more on Salon

No one is cashing in on America’s craze for dumplings more than the fast-growing Taiwanese restaurant group.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Mahan paused, his chopsticks hovering over a custard dumpling.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Chicken and Dumplings float in a thyme-scented broth enriched with cream; the fluffy buttermilk dumplings melt in your mouth.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Normally you would get dumplings, which look amazing and I want to eat them, but I can’t eat them.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• babe 
• chick 
• child 
• kid 
• toddler 
• youngster