Associations to the word «Dump»

Wiktionary

DUMP, noun. A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
DUMP, noun. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
DUMP, noun. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
DUMP, noun. (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
DUMP, noun. A storage place for supplies, especially military.
DUMP, noun. An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, or unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
DUMP, noun. (vulgar) (slang) (often with the verb "take") An act of defecation; a defecating.
DUMP, noun. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor (usually plural).
DUMP, noun. Absence of mind; revery.
DUMP, noun. (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
DUMP, noun. (obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
DUMP, noun. (obsolete) An old kind of dance.
DUMP, noun. (historical) (Australia) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) (computing) To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) (informal) To end a relationship with.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) To knock heavily; to stump.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) (US) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.
DUMP, verb. (transitive) (US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
DUMP, noun. (UK) (archaic) A thick, ill-shapen piece.
DUMP, noun. (UK) (archaic) A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.
DUMP BIN, noun. (retail) A bin filled with products of a particular type, often at a discount, without any stacking or arrangement.
DUMP BINS, noun. Plural of dump bin
DUMP CAKE, noun. An easily made cobbler in which cake mix (instead of the batter or crust used to top regular cobblers) is dumped over fruit or pie filling right in the pan prior to baking.
DUMP CAKE, noun. Any simple cake requiring no more than a single bowl to prepare for baking.
DUMP CORE, verb. (intransitive) (computing) To generate a core dump.
DUMP CORE, verb. (slang) (computing) To ramble pointlessly at length; especially used in apology
DUMP CORE, verb. (slang) (computing) To transfer a large quantity of information or knowledge from one person to another, particularly subjects of a technical nature; to lecture
DUMP JOB, noun. A corpse moved from the place of death to a place intended to obscure circumstances of the death.
DUMP JOB, noun. The abandonment of an unfinished task for which the abandoner might be expected to take responsibility, especially in a fashion that makes it likely that one or more colleagues will take on its completion.
DUMP JOB, noun. A dump truck.
DUMP MONTHS, noun. (film) The two periods of the year, often described as January and February and mid-August through September, when new movie releases are either poor-quality, cheaply made, or intended for niche audiences, since low movie attendance limits the potential box office return.
DUMP ON, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) To dump (finish a relationship with someone)
DUMP ONE'S LOAD, verb. (idiomatic) (vulgar or slang) To ejaculate, cum, inseminate, or defecate
DUMP OUT, verb. (informal) (transitive) To discard, to throw away, to toss out.
DUMP TACKLE, noun. (rugby union) (rugby league) A legal form of tackling when the player wraps his arms around the ball carrier's thighs and lifts him a short distance in the air before forcibly driving him to the ground.
DUMP TACKLES, noun. Plural of dump tackle
DUMP TRUCK, noun. A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo, having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground
DUMP TRUCKS, noun. Plural of dump truck

Dictionary definition

DUMP, noun. A coarse term for defecation; "he took a shit".
DUMP, noun. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
DUMP, noun. (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs.
DUMP, noun. A place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump".
DUMP, verb. Throw away as refuse; "No dumping in these woods!".
DUMP, verb. Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man".
DUMP, verb. Sell at artificially low prices.
DUMP, verb. Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street".
DUMP, verb. Fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well".
DUMP, verb. Knock down with force; "He decked his opponent".

Wise words

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