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In some senses, dumpling is marked as vulgar, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
dumpling
/ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/
noun 4
Collocations
3ADJ.
little, negative
VERB + DUMPLING
eye, means, tennis-ball-sized
PREP.
except
Definitions
noun
1
A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
2
A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
3
A term of endearment.
My little dumpling.
4
A piece of excrement.
2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
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Synonyms
noun — small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
- dumplings
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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My little dumpling.
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2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
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In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.
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Give me one millet dumpling, please.
Tatoeba · #52170805
Esperanto also has a few Chinese words like ''ĝozo'' for example, which means a Chinese dumpling.
Tatoeba · #786005706
The criticism appears very negative, except for "Dumpling."
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