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rumpty-tumpty

noun 2
adjective 1
exclamation 1
forms 2

noun2

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(UK, slang) Sex.
- This female was clearly not up for any rumpty tumpty in the grass, and she bopped her suitor a few times before he got the message and sulkily sloped back to his corner of the field. — 2012
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Nonsense.
- He believes the music should come first because otherwise the words will be nothing more than rumpty-tumpty. — 2001

adjective1

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With a lively beat and strong, non-syncopated rhythm; upbeat and bouncy.
- It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway. — 2004

exclamation1

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A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
- Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear! — 1911

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