Webster's English Dictionary

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dumpling

dump.ling \-plin\ n [perh. alter. of lump] 1a: a small mass of leavened 
   dough cooked by boiling or steaming  1b: a dessert made by wrapping fruit 
   in biscuit dough and baking  2: something shapeless like a dumpling; specif 
   : a short fat person  or animal