Dumpy - English meaning

adjective

Having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.

Usage examples:

A broad staircase

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

I get drunk, follow the pretty broads, and make a fool of myself

adjective

Very wide

Usage examples:

He flashed a broad grin at us., the magazine covers a broad range of subjects., he explained it in …

adjective

Taking up much space; large and unwieldy.

Usage examples:

A bulky carrier bag

adjective

Too big and taking up too much space

Usage examples:

She carried a very bulky package on the bus.

adjective

Plump and rounded.

Usage examples:

A pretty child with chubby cheeks

adjective

(esp. of children) rounded in a pleasant and attractive way

Usage examples:

The perfect baby has, we are told, chubby little fingers and toes, chubby legs, and chubby cheeks.

adjective

Bulky and thick.

Usage examples:

A chunky bracelet

adjective

Made of thick or lumpy pieces

Usage examples:

She wears chunky earrings and rings and a baggy sweater., i love chunky peanut butter!, she’s a chu…

adjective

(of a person) fat.

Usage examples:

A short, somewhat corpulent man

adjective

Fat

Usage examples:

A corpulent man

noun

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Usage examples:

Whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

adjective

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.

Usage examples:

The driver was a fat wheezing man

verb

Make or become fat.

Usage examples:

Numbers of black cattle are fatted here

adjective

Fat and squat.

Usage examples:

The fubsy man waddled forward, nearly half the height of the beautiful woman, and merely stared at …

adjective

Rather short and fat

Usage examples:

The actor plays the fubsy assistant store manager with surprising firearm skills.

adjective

Having a large or protruding belly.

Usage examples:

A slightly paunchy, balding, middle-aged man

adjective

(especially of a man) having a fat stomach

Usage examples:

He is tall and a bit paunchy., she encourages even slightly paunchy patients to lose weight.

adjective

Having a full rounded shape.

Usage examples:

The berries were plump and sweet

verb

Shake or pat (a cushion or pillow) to adjust its stuffing and make it rounded and soft.

Usage examples:

She plumped up her pillows

noun

An abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.

Usage examples:

The wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump

adjective

(of a person or part of their body) rather fat; chubby.

Usage examples:

He put a podgy arm round alan's shoulders

adjective

Slightly fat

Usage examples:

A podgy face, podgy fingers

adjective

(of a person or part of their body) fleshy or fat.

Usage examples:

He bent his squat, porky frame over the rail of the bed

noun

A lie.

Usage examples:

You've been telling porkies

noun

A porcupine.

adjective

Having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man).

Usage examples:

A portly little man with a bowler hat

Fairly fat

adjective

Slightly fat

Usage examples:

A tall portly man

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 94, a dense silvery radioactive metal of the actinide series, used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and as an explosive in nuclear fission weapons. plutonium only occurs in trace amounts in nature but is manufactured in nuclear reactors from uranium-238.

The chemical element plutonium.

adjective

(of a person or part of their body) rather fat.

Usage examples:

His pudgy fingers

adjective

Short and fat

Usage examples:

He jabbed a pudgy finger at me.

adjective

(of a person) short and round

Usage examples:

He was a roly-poly little man., jam roly-poly, the roly-poly is related to the crayfish and shrimp …

adjective

Measuring a small distance from end to end.

Usage examples:

Short dark hair

verb

(of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /ʊ/ in good is short as distinct from the long vowel /uː/ in food ).

noun

Short trousers that reach only to the knees or thighs.

Usage examples:

Cycling shorts

verb

Crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs.

Usage examples:

I squatted down in front of him

adjective

Short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide.

Usage examples:

He was muscular and squat

noun

A squatting position.

Usage examples:

She fell back into a squat from the kneeling position he had raised her to.

adjective

(of a person) rather fat or of heavy build.

Usage examples:

Stout middle-aged men

noun

A kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley.

Usage examples:

There is a tradition in england of drinking stout while eating oysters

adjective

(of people) fat and solid-looking, esp. around the waist, or (of things) thick and strong

Usage examples:

He was seen as a pleasant man – short, a bit stout and balding, with a radiant smile., there is muc…

adjective

Short and thick.

Usage examples:

Bob pointed with a stubby finger

noun

A squat bottle of beer typically holding 375 cl.

Usage examples:

Sunday's lazy morning was given a go-by as the guests gathered, many of them caressing the beer stu…

adjective

Short and thick

Usage examples:

He had rather unattractive, stubby fingers.

adjective

Short and rather fat.

Usage examples:

A small, tubby man

adjective

(of a person) fat

Usage examples:

Our chef was a genial, slightly tubby man.

adjective

Having a full, rounded figure; plump (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

A zaftig brunette

adjective

(of a woman) having large breasts and hips and not thin, but in a way that is attractive

Usage examples:

Marilyn monroe was sometimes called full-figured or zaftig.

adjective

(of a woman) having large breasts and hips and not thin, but in a way that is attractive

Usage examples:

Marilyn monroe was sometimes called full-figured or zaftig.