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Etymology 1
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First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling.
Adjective
dumpy (comparative dumpier, superlative dumpiest)
- Short and thick; stout or stocky.
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Noun
dumpy (plural dumpies)
- A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
1857, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor, Smith, Elder & Co., page 102:Yet I don't like dumpies either, and Brown says she is little and stout—the better fitted for a wiry, starved-looking chap like you.
- (South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
2007, Alan Murphy, Southern Africa, page 414:Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.
2011 July 29, Nalisha Kalideen, “Binge drinking rife at universities”, in Mail & Guardian:“Once you start drinking you have many friends drinking with you,” the University of Johannesburg student explained. “I drink whiskey and I drink beer. I drink heavily on weekends but during the week I have about three or four dumpies. I don’t pass out. I just get drunk,” he said.
- (surveying) Ellipsis of dumpy level.
2012, Raymond Paul, Walter Whyte, Basic Surveying, page 82:Most manufacturers have ceased making dumpies, and a number have even stopped making tilting levels, […]
Etymology 2
From dump + -y.
Adjective
dumpy (comparative dumpier, superlative dumpiest)
- Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
1983, John Bibee, The Magic Bicycle, page 17:"I knew it!" Barry screeched. "A dump bike for the dummy. Hey, dumpy boy. Dumper! Ha, haaaaaaaaagh!"
2017, Jade Wu, Flash Points, page 145:On the other side of the walls was a dumpy, trash-ridden street of the IZ, not far from an old government building of Saddam Hussein.
Noun
dumpy (plural dumpies)
- (slang, vulgar) Synonym of dump truck (“prominent buttocks”).
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
2022 June 17, Jodie Walker, “What’s Really Behind the Pixar Dump-Truck Meme? A Ringer Investigation.”, in The Ringer:When her animation students at Kansas City Art Institute kept asking why the moms in Pixar have dump-truck asses, Bona Bones […] knew she had to share the answer beyond just the classroom. That’s how she found herself making a TikTok to directly answer the question: “Why do all Pixar moms have such huge dumpies?”