Dumpling

Word DUMPLING
Character 8
Hyphenation dump ling
Pronunciations /ˈdʌmplɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Dumpling"

What do we mean by dumpling?

A piece of dough, sometimes filled, that is cooked in liquid such as water or soup. noun

Sweetened dough wrapped around fruit, such as an apple, baked and served as a dessert. noun

A short, chubby creature. noun

A kind of pudding or mass of boiled paste, or a wrapping of paste in which fruit is boiled. noun

A dwarf. noun

Any one of two or three species of dwarf, stemless, succulent evergreen plants belonging to the genus Mesembryan-themum, especially M. minimum, called the small dumpling, a plant only half an inch high, and M. obcordellum, called the greater dumpling, which is about an inch higher. noun

A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked. noun

A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. noun

A term of endearment. noun

Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough noun

Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry noun

A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.

(familiar) A term of endearment.

(mildly) A piece of excrement.

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The word "dumpling" in example sentences

If the word dumpling confuses a New York City native, say “matzo ball.” ❋ Molly O’Neill (2010)

However, I did make some chicken and dumplings the way my mama makes it and surprisingly, my English hubby really liked it, even though here a dumpling is a whole 'nother thing - more like a biscuit (American biscuit, not a cookie!) that floats on top of soup - crunchy on top and a bit soggy on the bottom, and equally delicious. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

And the strip style of dumpling is what the cheater flour tortilla method closely approximates. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

If I've learned anything about hipster pop-up joints, it's that the reason they charge stupid prices like $2 a dumpling is because hipsters hate money, don't understand things like market value and often will gladly pay it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The white fungus dumpling is a vegetarian option and one of the restaurant's specialties. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Call me just another average uneducated white guy, but I think the Thai Chicken dumpling is great. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The dumpling is dry inside though and they have boil plantains instead of fried ones. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mike Betit, principal of Tamarack Hollow Farms, served a controversial mac and cheese in Asian dumpling wrappers, lightly browned in butter — did he win? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Truth be told, both Phyllis and I preferred the pork soup buns in Charlottesville, with their loose meat and liquidy interior, which I later found out is the more traditional approach; the meatball inside your dumpling, in other words, should never be as firm as a doggy chew toy. ❋ Tim Carman (2012)

[Everything is a friggin dumpling at dim sum, so I try not to use their English names ...]). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The fair little listener -- for fair she was, and young: though something of what is called the dumpling shape; but I don't myself object to that -- lighted a candle, glanced at the Haymaker on the top of the clock, who was getting in a pretty average crop of minutes; and looked out of the window, where she saw nothing, owing to the darkness, but her own face imaged in the glass. ❋ Unknown (1845)

The fair little listener -- for fair she was, and young; though something of what is called the dumpling shape; but I don't myself object to that -- lighted a candle, glanced at the Hay-maker on the top of the clock, who was getting in a pretty average crop of minutes; and looked out of the window, where she saw nothing, owing to the darkness, but her own face imaged in the glass. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

"A dumpling is a food with few, indeed no, social pretensions," says the timeless ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lord Ganesh, it is said that he couldn't resist the sweet dumpling, which is traditionally stuffed with jaggery and coconut. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At Roomfarm, those minutes are called dumpling minutes because they are much longer than regular minutes, time slows while waiting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

** Dumpling wrappers, aka dumpling skins or Shu Mai / Siu Mai wrappers are thinner than wonton skins and slightly yellow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 2004's Dumplings (a Hong Kong horror film), a cook chopped up unborn fetuses from an abortion clinic for a special kind of dumpling that could help women look younger. ❋ George Heymont (2010)

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