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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



... it. The rest of you can vote it as you choose: divide the proxies pro rata, based on your individual holdings. But I reserve the right to dump it all on the market at the first sign of shady ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 • Various
... don't," objected Mr. Simpson gallantly, turning the horse. "Do you think I'd let a little creeter like you lug that great heavy bundle? I hain't got time to go back to Meserve's, but I'll take you to the corner and dump you there, flag n' all, and you can get some o' the men-folks to carry it the rest o' the way. You'll wear it out, ...
— New Chronicles of Rebecca • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... meantime, however, all the other nations would dump their silver upon us and we should be overloaded ...
— If Not Silver, What? • John W. Bookwalter
... there was nothing—nothing but the track by which they had arrived, and the Downs, and a distant blur to the west in the shape of the Epsom Grand Stand, and the heavy, ceaseless rain, and the threat of the fast-descending night. According to the theory of the Divisional Staff a dump furnished by the Army Service Corps ought to have existed at a spot corresponding to the final letter in the words 'Burgh Heath' on the map, but the information quickly became general that no such dump did in practice exist. To George the situation was merely incredible. He knew ...
— The Roll-Call • Arnold Bennett
... in Johnny's way, Came a little dog one day; Johnny's eyes were still astray Up on high, In the sky; And he never heard them cry— "Johnny, mind, the dog is nigh!" Bump! Dump! Down they fell, with such a thump. Dog and Johnny in ...
— CAW! CAW! - The Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time • RM


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