dumpling
/ˈdʌmplɪŋ/noun
1- a small savoury ball of dough (usually made with suet) which may be boiled, fried, or baked in a casserole汤团, 团子; 饺子。
1.1
- a pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in a sweet dough and baked水果布丁。
1.2
- humorous a small, fat person〈幽默〉矮胖的人, 矮墩墩的人：
he was a 250-pound dumpling.
他曾经是一个体重达250磅的矮胖子。
词源
early 17th cent.: apparently from the rare adjective dump 'of the consistency of dough', although dumpling is recorded much earlier.