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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dumpy \Dump"y\, a. [Compar. {Dumpier}; superl. {Dumpiest}.] [ 1. From {Dump} a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From {Dump} sadness.] 1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout. 2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dumpy adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky}, {low-set}, {squat}, {squatty}, {stumpy}] 2: short and fat [syn: {podgy}, {pudgy}, {tubby}]
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