ˈdʌmpi skwɒt skwɑt ˈskwɒti ˈstʌmpi short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature some people seem born to be square and chunky a dumpy little dumpling of a woman dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears a little church with a squat tower a squatty red smokestack a stumpy ungainly figure