dumpling

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmplɪŋ/

noun

  • a small savoury ball of dough (usually made with suet) which may be boiled, fried, or baked in a casserole.
  • a pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in a sweet dough and baked.
  • a small, fat person: he was a 250-pound dumpling

Origin:

early 17th century: apparently from the rare adjective dump 'of the consistency of dough', although dumpling is recorded much earlier