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rumpty-tumpty en · ADJ

With a lively beat and strong, non-syncopated rhythm; upbeat and bouncy.
- It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway. 2004, Marion Arnott, "Dollface", in Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg (editors), The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fifth Annual Collection, page 238
- Well you know, sir, it's very difficult to have a favourite when it's all such jolly, rumpty-tumpty stuff. 2014, Christopher Joll, The Speedicut Papers: Book 3 (1857-1865): Uncivil Wars, →ISBN, page 314:
- I loved poetry in school, especially the rumpty-tumpty kind. 2014, Marc Alexander, The Dark Domain, →ISBN, page 151:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most rumpty-tumpty	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more rumpty-tumpty	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

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, Eugene Field, The Holy Cross and Other Tales:

(uncountable) Nonsense.
- He believes the music should come first because otherwise the words will be nothing more than rumpty-tumpty. 2001, Benny Green, Dominic Green, Such Sweet Thunder: Benny Green on Jazz, page 237:
(UK, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) 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, Ellie Bennett, Mud, Sweat and Gears, →ISBN: