dump

English

/dʌmp/

noun
Definitions
  • A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
  • A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
  • That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
  • (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
  • (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program
  • A storage place for supplies, especially military.
  • An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
  • (vulgar) An act of defecation; a defecating.
  • (usually) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency
  • Absence of mind; revery.
  • (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
  • (obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
  • (obsolete) An old kind of dance.
  • (historical) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
  • (marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dumpen derived from Old Norse dumpa (thump).

Origin

Old Norse

dumpa

Gloss

thump

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