Meaning

4 senses
  1. A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.

    (UK)Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle.

  2. (US)Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

    Knödel, Kloß, Klops

    пельме́ньpelʹménʹ, клёцкаkljócka, галу́шкаgalúška

    варе́никvarényk, галу́шкаhalúška, пирі́гpyríh

  3. (endearing)A term of endearment.

    My little dumpling.

    пы́шечкаpýšečka, пы́шкаpýška

    пампу́шечкаpampúšečka, пампу́шкаpampúška

  4. (mildly, vulgar)A piece of excrement.

    2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

More definitions
  • dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
  • small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Do you like dumplings?

    ruТебе нравятся клёцки?

    deMagst du Klöße?

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  2. Tom and Mary ate dumplings.

    deTom und Maria aßen Klöße.

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  3. We are making dumplings in the kitchen!

    Ми робимо вареники на кухні.

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  4. Tom likes bread dumplings.

    Том любить хлібні кнедлики.

    deTom isst gerne Semmelknödel.

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  5. Give me one millet dumpling, please.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
food:
term of endearment:
Русский
By meaning 2
food:
term of endearment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
food:

Origin

A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect,

A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect, of uncertain origin:

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