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dumple

dumple verb: to make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.

Verb

dumple (third-person singular simple present dumples, present participle dumpling, simple past and past participle dumpled)

  1. (transitive) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.
    • January 17, 1827, Sir Walter Scott, Journal entry
      He was a little man, dumpled up together.

Forms of dumple

third-person singular presentdumples
present participledumpling
past participledumpled
pastdumpled

Origin of dumple

See dumpling.

Questions about dumple

What does dumple mean?
Dumple means to make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.
What part of speech is dumple?
Dumple is a verb.
What is the past tense of dumple?
The past tense of dumple is dumpled.

Words near dumple in the dictionary

  1. dumping syndrome
  2. dumpings
  3. dumpish
  4. dumpishly
  5. dumpishness
  6. dumple
  7. dumpled
  8. dumples
  9. dumpling
  10. Dumpling Festival
  11. dumpling squid

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