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Dump   /dəmp/   Listen
Dump

noun
1.
A coarse term for defecation.  Synonym: shit.
2.
A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.  Synonyms: dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard.
3.
(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs.
4.
A place where supplies can be stored.
verb
(past & past part. dumped; pres. part. dumping)
1.
Throw away as refuse.
2.
Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly.  Synonym: ditch.  "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
3.
Sell at artificially low prices.  Synonym: underprice.
4.
Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.
5.
Fall abruptly.  Synonym: plunge.
6.
Knock down with force.  Synonyms: coldcock, deck, floor, knock down.



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"Dump" Quotes from Famous Books



... warning. The three soldiers, reinforced by half a dozen uniformed patrolmen, raised their rifles to their shoulders and fired. With the first shots the man fell, and when the soldiers went to the body to dump it into an alley nine bullets were found to have ...
— The San Francisco Calamity • Various

... best to enclose each story in a separate cover, and then to dump the unassorted lot upon the table, where those who wished could make their choice. And yet, as I turn the leaves, I must admit that, after all, the present form is best, since each and every incident, situation, and bit of local color has either passed before or was poured ...
— The Veiled Lady - and Other Men and Women • F. Hopkinson Smith

... information on the Washo was filtered through the Paiute, reports the Washo during this period as a shattered remnant of a former society eking out an existence in the dump heaps of white settlements in Nevada. The fact that the Washo did not respond to the Ghost Dance seems in his mind to support his notions about the condition of the tribe. However, among older informants this period is invariably recalled as an almost golden age. Although ...
— Washo Religion • James F. Downs

... and—and—then, John, he's one of them fussy little men who's always puffin' around and never doin' nothin' worth while, just like a little engine in a switchyard that snorts and puffs and makes a lot of noise pullin' a dump-wagon. And—then, sometimes, I wonder about his religion, he's so narrer, he's got lots of religion but not so much Christianity. He kind of thinks that Heaven's goin' to be made up of him and a few Presbyterians, mainly from his congregation. ...
— Drusilla with a Million • Elizabeth Cooper

... over hillocks, through gorse bushes, down into treacherous holes, till at last the gate leading out upon a narrow road was reached. Through this surged the sheep, and close behind them tore Tim. The cart gave a bone-shaking dump as it took the descent from grass to hard road, and Mary, who at the beginning of Tim's flight, had opened the ...
— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various


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