Antonyms for dumpling


Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhmp-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌmp lɪŋ


Definition of dumpling

Origin :
  • c.1600, Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin, perhaps from some Low German word or from noun dump "lump" (late 18c.). Related: Dumplings.
  • As in baby : noun infant
  • As in milquetoast : noun baby
  • As in neonate : noun baby
  • As in nursling : noun baby
Example sentences :
  • So the monkey ate the dumpling, and boy, dog and monkey all trudged on together.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • Peach-Prince told him, and at the same time offered him a dumpling.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • So she put her spectacles into her pocket, and began to eat the dumpling.
  • Extract from : « The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls » by Unknown
  • Loose my dumpling too; And butter'd toasts and woodcocks?Mar.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 » by Various
  • Esther looks like a sausage, and Mellicent looks like a dumpling.
  • Extract from : « About Peggy Saville » by Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey
  • Do not let the pot stop boiling, or the dumpling will be heavy.
  • Extract from : « Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six » by Juliet Corson
  • Corrections made by the author of Dumpling are similarly marked.
  • Extract from : « A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) » by Anonymous
  • I was poking at my dumpling when he asked me if I were a socialist.
  • Extract from : « Chimney-Pot Papers » by Charles S. Brooks
  • The Seraph cast one anguished look at his dumpling and burst into tears.
  • Extract from : « Explorers of the Dawn » by Mazo de la Roche
  • It belongs as much to the cooking of a dumpling as it does to the belief in deity.
  • Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen

Synonyms for dumpling

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