dump

[ duhmp ]

/ dʌmp /

verb (used with object)

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!

Boxing Slang.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM dump

dump·er, noun un·dumped, adjective

Words nearby dump

dummy run, dummy variable, dumont, dumont d'urville, dumortierite, dump, dump bin, dump on, dump orbit, dump scow, dump truck

Example sentences from the Web for dumping

More so than any American activist that was dumping out bottles of Latvian vodka thinking it was Russian in the summer of 2013.

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Then something funny happened: people began donating and dumping water on themselves.

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Big companies are flirting with dumping high-cost employees off their private health plans onto Obamacare—legally.

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Some states are now tweaking the standards and dumping the “Common Core” label.

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The U.K. also has a history of dumping asylum seekers in detention centers.

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Dumping his bags in the sand not far from the hole, he tried to think what would be best to do.

Linda Carlton's Island Adventure |Edith Lavell
Who else would have ever thought of dumping a two-bushel bag of oats into a twenty-bushel bin?

Sheila of Big Wreck Cove |James A. Cooper
He was wondering if the yearlings had had the temerity to try their "dumping" so early in the evening.

On Guard |Upton Sinclair
As to the foreigners, Europe has used us for a dumping ground for considerable moral and political refuse.

Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association |Various
There was too much spilling of beer in laps, dumping of pipe ash into uncovered steins, and knocking off of stiff hats.

The Puppet Crown |Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for dumping (1 of 2)

dump ¹

/ (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) informal to 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, mainly US to defecate

(tr) surfing (of a wave) to hurl a swimmer or surfer down

(tr) Australian and NZ to compact (bales of wool) by hydraulic pressure

(tr) computing to 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

informal a dirty or unkempt place

military a place where weapons, supplies, etc, are stored

slang, mainly US an act of defecation

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

British Dictionary definitions for dumping (2 of 2)

dump ²

/ (dʌmp) /

noun

obsolete a mournful song; lament

Word Origin for dump

C16: see damp

Cultural definitions for dumping

dumping

The sale of goods of one nation in the markets of a second nation at less than the price charged within the first nation. Dumping can eliminate competitors by undercutting their prices.

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