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Definition: Dumpling |
DumplingNoun1. Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough. 2. Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dumpling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | Unexcavated ground inside the water tank of a water-sealed gasholder. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A mass of ground left undisturbed until the final stages of excavation, when it is removed. In the intermediate stages it may be used as a supportfor timbering to the excavations. (references) |
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Synonym: DumplingSynonym: dumplings (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Size | Large as life; plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge; fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dumpling |
| English words defined with "dumpling": chunky ♦ dumpy ♦ low-set ♦ matzah ball, matzo ball, matzoh ball ♦ squat, squatty, stumpy ♦ won ton, wonton. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dumpling": ravs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dumpling": Dumple. (references) |
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Screenplays | Goodbye, Dimple Dumpling. (Our Wife; writing credit: H.M. Walker) It's colder than a day-old dumpling! (The Newton Boys; writing credit: Richard Linklater) | |
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| "Dumpling" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dumpling" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dumpling": apple dumpling ♦ be like a dumpling ♦ liver dumpling ♦ Norfolk dumpling. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "dumpling": dumpling-based. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "dumpling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | trashaluq (dumpy, fatso, podgy), shuk buke, buçkan (dumpy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كفتة (rissole), زلابية (crepe), شخص قصير وكبير البطن, شخص قصير. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кнедла, дундьо (dumpy, humpty dumpty, pudge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 饺子 (dumplings), 餃子 , 糰 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | knedlík. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pullukka (tubby woman), kokkare (clod, lump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pomme en chausson, boulette de pâte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | knödel (dumplings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | είδοσ ζυμαρικών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מליל, כופת" (marrowball). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gombóc, kis tömzsi ember. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gnocco (lump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 団子 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 만두 (dumplings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | teaystag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | hooroch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | melbolle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umplingday torta (cake, flan, pie, tart). (various references) gãluşcã (meat ball), bondoc (dumpy, runt, squab, Square, stocky, stumpy). (various references) клецка (doughboy). (various references) knedla (noodle). (various references) bola de masa hervida. (various references) klimp (clot, lump), äppelknyte. (various references) meyveli börek, kısa ve obur kimse. (various references) коротун (punch, stump), галушка. (various references) con vật béo lùn, bánh bao (dapper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "dumpling": dumplings. (additional references) | |
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"Dumpling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Demling, dumbling, dumpping. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dumpling" (pronounced du"mpling) |
| 5 | -m p l i ng | sampling, trampling. |
| 4 | -p l i ng | coupling, decoupling, grappling, sapling, stripling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, Sandling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-i-l-m-n-p-u" | |
-1 letter: dumping, lumping, pluming. | |
-2 letters: duping, impugn, muling, puling, umping. | |
-3 letters: guild, linum, lungi, lupin. | |
-4 letters: ding, dump, dung, gild, gimp, glim, glum, guid, gulp, iglu, limn, limp, ling, lump, lung, mild, mind, muni, ping, plug, plum, puli, pung. | |
-5 letters: dig, dim, din, dip, dug, dui, dun, dup, gid, gin, gip, gnu, gul, gum, gun, imp. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-i-l-m-n-p-u" | |
+1 letter: depluming, dumplings. | |
+2 letters: displuming. | |
+4 letters: multipronged. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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