Meaning
A dense round or flattened dumpling of flour and water dropped into boiling water or soup — the plain, filling 'boil dumpling' that stretches a meal. Firmer and heavier than a fried dumpling, it is boiled alongside the food or in the soup pot and eaten with saltfish, callaloo, mackerel, or a Saturday soup. Cornmeal or a little grated cassava may be worked in, and it is a cheap, satisfying staple of the pot.
Examples
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Drop a few boil dumpling inna di soup.
Drop a few boiled dumplings into the soup.
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Boiled dumpling an saltfish full yuh belly.
Boiled dumpling and saltfish fill your belly.
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Some people like fry dumpling, some like boil.
Some people like fried dumpling, some like boiled.
Origin
From 'boiled' + 'dumpling'; a plain flour dumpling cooked in water/soup. See [[spinner]], [[fry-dumpling]].
How it’s used
A dense flour dumpling boiled in water or soup. See [[spinner]], [[fry-dumpling]].