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ALL meanings of dumps

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  • noun dumps an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc. 1
  • noun dumps Also called dumpsite, dumping-ground. a place where garbage, refuse, etc., is deposited. 1
  • noun dumps Military. a collection of ammunition, stores, etc., deposited at some point, as near a battlefront, for distribution. the ammunition, stores, etc., so deposited. 1
  • noun dumps the act of dumping. 1
  • noun dumps Mining. a runway or embankment equipped with tripping devices, from which low-grade ore, rock, etc., are dumped. the pile of ore so dumped. 1
  • noun dumps Informal. a place, house, or town that is dilapidated, dirty, or disreputable. 1
  • noun dumps (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. 1
  • noun dumps 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. 1
  • verb with object dumps to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here. 1
  • verb with object dumps to empty out, as from a container, by tilting or overturning. 1
  • verb with object dumps to unload or empty out (a container), as by tilting or overturning. 1
  • verb with object dumps 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. 1
  • verb with object dumps to transfer or rid oneself of suddenly and irresponsibly: Don't dump your troubles on me! 1
  • verb with object dumps 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. 1
  • verb with object dumps 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. 1
  • verb with object dumps 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. 1
  • verb with object dumps Slang. to kill; murder: threats to dump him if he didn't pay up. 1
  • verb without object dumps to fall or drop down suddenly. 1
  • verb without object dumps to throw away or discard garbage, refuse, etc. 1
  • verb without object dumps Commerce. to offer goods for sale in large quantities at a low price. to dump below-cost goods into foreign markets. 1
  • verb without object dumps to release contents: a sewage pipe that dumps in the ocean. 1
  • verb without object dumps Slang. to complain, criticize, gossip, or tell another person one's problems: He calls me up just to dump. 1
  • verb without object dumps Slang: Vulgar. to defecate. 1
  • idioms dumps 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. 1
  • noun dumps (of a person) depressed or unhappy. 1
  • noun plural dumps a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps) 0
  • noun dumps plural of dump. 0
  • verb dumps third-person singular simple present indicative form of dump. 0
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