to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
to empty out, as from a container, by tilting or overturning.
to unload or empty out (a container), as by tilting or overturning.
to be dismissed, fired, or released from a contract: The first baseman was dumped from the team after hitting .210 for the first half of the season.
to transfer or rid oneself of suddenly and irresponsibly: Don't dump your troubles on me!
BoxingSlang.
to knock down: The champion was dumped twice but won the fight.
to lose (a match) intentionally: a bribe to dump a fight.
Commerce.
to put (goods or securities) on the market in large quantities and at a low price without regard to the effect on market conditions.
to sell (goods) into foreign markets below cost in order to promote exports or damage foreign competition.
Computers. to print, display, or record on an output medium (the contents of a computer's internal storage or the contents of a file), often at the time a program fails.
Slang. to kill; murder: threats to dump him if he didn't pay up.
verb (used without object)
to fall or drop down suddenly.
to throw away or discard garbage, refuse, etc.
Commerce.
to offer goods for sale in large quantities at a low price.
to dump below-cost goods into foreign markets.
to release contents: a sewage pipe that dumps in the ocean.
Slang. to complain, criticize, gossip, or tell another person one's problems: He calls me up just to dump.
Slang: Vulgar. to defecate.
noun
an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
Also called dumpsite, dumping-ground. a place where garbage, refuse, etc., is deposited.
Military.
a collection of ammunition, stores, etc., deposited at some point, as near a battlefront, for distribution.
the ammunition, stores, etc., so deposited.
the act of dumping.
Mining.
a runway or embankment equipped with tripping devices, from which low-grade ore, rock, etc., are dumped.
the pile of ore so dumped.
Informal. a place, house, or town that is dilapidated, dirty, or disreputable.
(in merchandising) a bin or specially made carton in which items are displayed for sale: Fifty copies of the best-selling paperback novel were in a dump near the checkout counter.
Computers. a copy of the contents of a computer's internal storage or of the contents of a file at a given instant, that is printed, displayed, or stored on an output medium.
Idioms for dump
dump on (someone), Informal.
to attack with verbal abuse; criticize harshly: Reporters never tired of dumping on certain public figures.
to unload one's problems onto (another person): You never phone me without dumping on me.
Origin of dump
1250–1300; Middle English (in sense “to fall suddenly”) <Old Norse dumpa strike, bump; modern senses as transitive v. and noun (not known before 19th cent.) perhaps < another source, or independent expressive formation
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Food prices are sky-high while energy prices are in the dumps.
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I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together.
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I was a fledgling junk collector, sent out to prod garbage dumps for lost treasures.
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First, the mining-waste dumps and landfills in these areas are full of materials that are ripe for retrieval, which provides an extra incentive to clean up the environment there.
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They had a comic book section, and I would bring all the change I collected from the week and dump it on the comic book stand.
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And the willingness to dump on British women in the name of Sharia law is a rot that runs up and down the length of society.
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However, her popularity is waning as the big 3-0 approaches, so Garfield decides to dump her at an antique furniture store.
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As he stepped on the curb, two guys in a dump truck started honking their horn.
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Americans dump a lot of food and all the energy it takes to produce it.
Will Food Waste Power Your Home?|The Daily Beast|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I hope to goodness those silly asses wont go and arrest two total strangers and dump them down on us here.
The Search Party|G. A. Birmingham
We intend to dump them overboard—just twenty minutes before the scuttlebug arrives.
Where I Wasn't Going|Walt Richmond
The ashman was raising a can of ashes above his head to dump the contents into his cart, when the bottom of the can came out.
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We take the wrong point of view if we dump rubbish anywhere, for the sake of getting rid of it.
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What he did was to stand on his hind legs and dump Joyce off into the middle of the road.
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British Dictionary definitions for dump (1 of 2)
dump1
/ (dʌmp) /
verb
to drop, fall, or let fall heavily or in a mass
(tr)to empty (objects or material) out of a container
to unload, empty, or make empty (a container), as by tilting or overturning
(tr)informalto dispose of
(tr)to dispose of (waste, esp radioactive nuclear waste) in the sea or on land
commerce
to market (goods) in bulk and at low prices
to offer for sale large quantities of (goods) on foreign markets at low prices in order to maintain a high price in the home market and obtain a share of the foreign markets
(tr)to store (supplies, arms, etc) temporarily
(intr)slang, mainlyUSto defecate
(tr)surfing(of a wave) to hurl a swimmer or surfer down
(tr)Australian and NZto compact (bales of wool) by hydraulic pressure
(tr)computingto record (the contents of part or all of the memory) on a storage device, such as magnetic tape, at a series of points during a computer run
noun
a place or area where waste materials are dumped
(in combination)rubbish dump
a pile or accumulation of rubbish
the act of dumping
informala dirty or unkempt place
militarya place where weapons, supplies, etc, are stored
slang, mainlyUSan act of defecation
See also dump on
Derived forms of dump
dumper, noun
Word Origin for dump
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dumpa to fall suddenly, Middle Low German dumpeln to duck