rumpty
See also: Rumpty
English
WOTD – 11 November 2013
WOTD – 11 November 2014
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌmp.tɪ/
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
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
below standard; in a state of disrepair
Noun
rumpty (uncountable)
- (Britain, finance) 1/32 of a pound sterling.
Anagrams
- Trumpy