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11dumpy — dumpy1 /dum pee/, adj., dumpier, dumpiest. dumpish; dejected; sulky. [1610 20; DUMP(S) + Y1] dumpy2 dumpily, adv. dumpiness, n. /dum pee/, adj., dumpier, dumpiest …
12dumpy — [[t]dʌ̱mpi[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as dumpy, you mean they are short and fat, and are usually implying they are unattractive …
13dumpy — I. /ˈdʌmpi / (say dumpee) adjective (dumpier, dumpiest) short and stout; squat: *She saw only a dumpy little structure with a pitched roof like a common outhouse. –peter carey, 1988. {? related to dumpling} –dumpily, adverb –dumpiness, noun II.… …
14Dumpy's Rusty Nuts — Dumpy at Coventry s General Wolfe 1985. Dumpy s Rusty Nuts are a British rock band founded in 1981 by the lead singer Graham Dumpy Dunnell. Though unsuccessful as recording artists the band have been a successful and popular Live act for decades …
15Dumpy level — Dump y lev el (Surv.) A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the {Troughton level},… …
16dumpy level — n. a surveyor s level with a telescope fixed to a spirit level that rotates in a lateral plane …
17Dumpy level — Automatic level in use on a construction site Leveler for use by hand …
18Dumpy books — The Dumpy Books for Children were a series of small format books selected by E. V. Lucas and published by British publisher Grant Richards between 1897 and 1904. Subsequent books were published by Chatto Windus. Books in the collection Order… …
19Dumpy level — noun a surveyor s level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level • Hypernyms: ↑surveyor s level * * * noun Etymology: dumpy (II) : a surveyor s level with a short usually inverting telescope that is… …
20dumpy-level — dumpˈy levˈel noun A surveyor s level with rigid connection of the telescope to the vertical spindle • • • Main Entry: ↑dumpy …
