dumpling
Pluraldumplings
- 1A small food made of dough wrapped around a tasty filling, then cooked.
Like a little pocket of dough with something tasty tucked inside.
We folded each dumpling carefully so the filling wouldn't leak out.
The frozen dumplings were ready after just a few minutes in the steamer.
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- 2A soft ball of dough cooked in a stew or soup to make it more filling.
Like a soft bread ball that drinks up the tasty juices around it.
Each dumpling soaked up the rich gravy in the stew.
She dropped a few dumplings into the simmering pot of beef and vegetables.
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- 3A sweet, loving name you call someone you care about.
She called her baby dumpling whenever he giggled.
Come sit with me, dumpling, I've missed you all week.
Similardarling, sweetheart, honey, sweetie, dear
- 4A solid lump of waste passed from the body.
The dog left a dumpling right in the middle of the path.
He nearly stepped on a dumpling on the sidewalk.
Similardropping
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Origin
An English word first seen in the 1600s, from a Norfolk dialect. Its exact origin is not known.