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dumpling

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Shrimp dumplings.

Etymology

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A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect, of uncertain origin:

  • perhaps from some Low German word (compare dümpeln (“bobbing up and down”)),
  • or from the rare dialectal adjective dump (“lump, of the consistency of dough”) (first attested in the late 1800s), +‎ -ling (diminutive suffix), although dumpling is recorded much earlier. However, compare dumpy (“short and stout”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌmplɪŋ

Noun

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dumpling (plural dumplings)

  1. (cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
    1. (chiefly UK) Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle.
    2. (chiefly US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
  2. (endearing) A term of endearment.
    My little dumpling.
  3. (mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
    • 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated
      Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

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