dumps
[ duhmps ]
/ dʌmps /
noun
a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
Origin of dumps
1515–25; compare German
dumpf dull, Middle Dutch
domp haze
Words nearby dumps
Definition for dumps (2 of 2)
dump
[ duhmp ]
/ dʌmp /
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for dumps
British Dictionary definitions for dumps (1 of 3)
dumps
/ (dʌmps) /
pl n
informal
a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps)
Word Origin for dumps
C16: probably from Middle Dutch
domp haze, mist; see
damp
British Dictionary definitions for dumps (2 of 3)
dump
1
/ (dʌmp) /
verb
noun
See also
dump on
Derived forms of dump
dumper, nounWord Origin for dump
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian
dumpa to fall suddenly, Middle Low German
dumpeln to duck
British Dictionary definitions for dumps (3 of 3)
dump
2
/ (dʌmp) /
noun
obsolete
a mournful song; lament
Word Origin for dump
C16: see
damp
Idioms and Phrases with dumps
dumps
see down in the dumps.