dumple
See also: dümple
English
Etymology
See dumpling.
Verb
dumple (third-person singular simple present dumples, present participle dumpling, simple past and past participle dumpled)
- (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.
- January 17, 1827, Sir Walter Scott, Journal entry
References
- “dumple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.