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)

  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.

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