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Pint vs Dumpy - What's the difference?

pint | dumpy |

As nouns the difference between pint and dumpy

is that pint is a unit of volume, equivalent to ⅛ of a gallon or while dumpy is a small bottle of beer.

As an adjective dumpy is

short and thick; stout or stocky.

pint

English

(wikipedia pint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of volume, equivalent to ? of a gallon or
  • # in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint ) and
  • # in the United States approximately
  • ## 473 millilitres for liquids (a US liquid pint ) or
  • ## 551 millilitres for dry goods (a US dry pint ).
  • # hungarian pint 1,696 liter
  • (British) A pint of milk.
    • Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman
  • (euphemistic) A glass of beer, served by the pint.
  • * 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
    • Finn: You must have a terrible thirst on you tonight. I've never seen a man drink two pints at the same time.

    Related terms

    * half-pint * imperial pint * pinta * pint glass * pint pot * pint-size, pint-sized * US pint * you can't fit a quart into a pint pot

    See also

    * gallon * litre * quart ----

    dumpy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • short and thick; stout or stocky

    • Noun

    (dumpies)
  • (South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
  • * 2007 , Alan Murphy, Southern Africa (page 414)
    • Lager-style beer comes in cans or dumpies (small bottles) for around US$1.10.