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dumples

dumples is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dumple.

Meaning of dumple

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.

Questions about dumples

What is dumples the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dumples is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dumple.

Words near dumples in the dictionary

  1. dumpish
  2. dumpishly
  3. dumpishness
  4. dumple
  5. dumpled
  6. dumples
  7. dumpling
  8. Dumpling Festival
  9. dumpling squid
  10. dumpling-depot
  11. dumpling-depots

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