Dŭmp'ling, n.

n. [Cf. Eng. dumpy, short and thick, Prov. Eng. dump, a clumsy medal of lead cast in moist sand, D. dompelen, to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in, to plunge into.] A kind of pudding or mass of paste, in cookery; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple and boiled;—called also apple-dumpling.