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In some senses, rumpty-tumpty is marked as slang, UK, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
rumpty-tumpty
noun 2adj 1intj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, jolly, kind, right
RUMPTY-TUMPTY + NOUN
flubdub, pimplety-pan
PREP.
than
ADV.
anyway, especially, such
Definitions
adj
1
With a lively beat and strong, non-syncopated rhythm; upbeat and bouncy.
It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway.
Well you know, sir, it's very difficult to have a favourite when it's all such jolly, rumpty-tumpty stuff.
intj
1
A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear!
noun
1
Nonsense.
He believes the music should come first because otherwise the words will be nothing more than rumpty-tumpty.
2
Sex.
This female was clearly not up for any rumpty tumpty in the grass, and she bopped her suitor a few times before he got the message and sulkily sloped back to his corner of the field.
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It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway.
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Well you know, sir, it's very difficult to have a favourite when it's all such jolly, rumpty-tumpty stuff.
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I loved poetry in school, especially the rumpty-tumpty kind.
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Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear!
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He believes the music should come first because otherwise the words will be nothing more than rumpty-tumpty.
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This female was clearly not up for any rumpty tumpty in the grass, and she bopped her suitor a few times before he got the message and sulkily sloped back to his corner of the field.
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