different between rumpty vs rumply
rumpty
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???mp.t?/
Etymology 1
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Interjection
rumpty
- A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
- 2009, Patricia Reilly Giff, Nory Ryan's Song, chapter 6
- I sang it through, "Rumpty tumpty toddy man," as Granda thumped his blackthorn stick against the floor and everyone laughed.
- 2010, Dawn Dalglish, Jacob's World, page 127
- […] he heard a distant sound, or song, behind him. "Rumpty didily dum. Rumpty dididly doo. Rumpty doo doo dumpty didily rumpty didily dum."
- 2009, Patricia Reilly Giff, Nory Ryan's Song, chapter 6
Related terms
- rumpti-
- rumpty-tumpty
Etymology 2
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Adjective
rumpty (comparative more rumpty, superlative most rumpty)
- (New Zealand) Of a quality below standard; in a state of disrepair.
- 2000, Nigel Cox, Skylark Lounge, page 12
- I lived in a fringe of the city, down Happy Valley Road, in a bit of a rumpty palace of a house banged together by some DIY no-hoper.
- 2000, Nigel Cox, Skylark Lounge, page 12
Synonyms
- (below standard): dilapidated, run down
Related terms
- Rumpty
Translations
Etymology 3
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Noun
rumpty (uncountable)
- (Britain, finance) 1/32 of a pound sterling.
Anagrams
- Trumpy
rumpty From the web:
- what does rumpty tumpty mean
- what does rumpty
- what is rumpty tumpty
rumply
English
Etymology
rumple +? -y
Adjective
rumply (comparative more rumply, superlative most rumply)
- rumpled
rumply From the web:
- what does rumpled mean
- what does rumply
- what is the meaning of rumpled
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