1. Short and plump
   "You're a dumpy man";
   - podgy [Brit, informal], pudgy [informal], tubby, roly-poly [informal]
    
2. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
   "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
   - chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
    
3. [informal] Resembling a garbage dump
   "The dumpy lot was filled with discarded appliances and old tires"

Derived forms: dumpiest, dumpier

See also: fat, little, short

Encyclopedia: Dumpy