Dump·y a. [Compar. Dumpier superl. Dumpiest.]
1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From Dump sadness.]
2. Sullen or discontented. See 2nd {dump1}. [Prov. Eng.]
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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]
[also: dumpiest, dumpier]