noun
definition
A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
definition
(familiar) A term of endearment.
example
My little dumpling.
definition
(mildly) A piece of excrement.
Examples of dumpling in a Sentence
John had a dumpling for supper; my sister gave it him.
You will live forever in our hearts my little dumpling.
I saw my sister make the make the dumpling, which was boiled in a cloth.
Carefully drop tablespoonfuls of dumpling mixture onto chicken.
Large dumplings I just ate the largest dumpling I've ever seen.
They made a clootie dumpling, a huge round pudding tied up in a cloth.
Varieties include butternut, acorn, spaghetti, delicata, sweet dumpling, turban, and of course the mighty pumpkin.
Puddings range from exquisite raspberry souffles to that crowning marvel of Scottish cookery, the Clootie Dumpling.
Sample tasty menu items like a liver dumpling soup, red cabbage and a bratwurst.
Whenever there was prolonged snowy weather, my mother invariably made a large dumpling, owing to its high calorie content.
Lamb chops, veal shank, schweinebraten, spanferkel (roast suckling pig with dumpling), and leberkäse (veal loaf topped with egg, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes) are just a few of the uncommon dishes on the menu at the Old Heidelberg restaurant.