Dumpling

Noun

 * 1) A ball of dough, often combined with suet, minced meat, vegetables or fruit, and cooked by boiling or steaming as they float on top of another dish.
 * 2) A term of endearment.
 * My little dumpling.

Derived terms

 * apple dumpling
 * clootie dumpling
 * dumpling squid
 * Norfolk dumpling
 * North Dumpling Island
 * potato dumpling
 * raspberry dumpling
 * rice dumpling

Thesaurus
Italian paste, blimp, fedellini, fettuccine, knaydlach, lasagne, macaroni, matzo balls, noodles, pasta, paste, ravioli, spaetzle, spaghetti, spaghettini, vermicelli, won ton, ziti

Etymology
perhaps an alteration of lump, possibly associated with -ling by popular etymology

Translations

 * Bulgarian: кнедла
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ギョーザ
 * Polish: pierog
 * Russian:, клёцка
 * Serbian: nokle, noklice, кнедла
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: kultamussukka


 * French: