Noun: dumpling dúmp-ling
- Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
"The chicken soup was filled with tender dumplings";
- dumplings
- Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
"We enjoyed warm apple dumplings with a scoop of vanilla ice cream"
Derived forms: dumplings
Type of: afters [Brit, informal], alimentary paste, dessert, pasta, sweet [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Dumpling