HUMPTY-DUMPTY


Meaning of HUMPTY-DUMPTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhʌmptɪˈdʌmptɪ ]

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a short dumpy person. 2 a person or thing that once overthrown cannot be restored. [the nursery rhyme Humpty-Dumpty, perh. ult. f. HUMPY(1), DUMPY]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.