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munchkin

/ˈmʌnʃkɪn/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A domestic cat breed with short legs.
  2. The empty space in the center of a donut.
  3. A small ball-shaped pastry, made in the same manner as a donut, roughly the size of the hole in a donut.
  4. (welfare) An income bracket where one is without benefits, even though benefits are available in the next lower and next higher brackets.
  5. A section of water for which no one has fishing rights that is completely surrounded by regions where various parties hold fishing rights.
  6. A child.
  7. A person of very short stature.
  8. A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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