dumpy (adj.)

  1. resembling a garbage dump

  2. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; some people seem born to be square and chunky; a dumpy little dumpling of a woman; dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears; a little church with a squat tower; a squatty red smokestack; a stumpy ungainly figure

    [ Syn: chunky , low-set , squat , squatty , stumpy ]

  3. short and plump

    [ Syn: podgy , pudgy , tubby , roly-poly ]

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