dump

verb

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\ ˈdəmp

dumped; dumping; dumps

Definition of dump

(Entry 1 of 2)

transitive verb

1a : to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass dumped his clothes on the bed

b : to get rid of unceremoniously or irresponsibly got dumped by his girlfriend

c : jettison an airplane dumping gasoline

2 slang : to knock down : beat the man rushed out and dumped him— John Corry

3 : to sell in quantity at a very low price specifically : to sell abroad at less than the market price at home

4 : to copy (data in a computer's internal storage) to an external storage or output device

5a : to hit or throw short and softly dump a pass to a running back dump a bunt down the line

b : to hit (a puck) deep into the opponent's zone in ice hockey

intransitive verb

1 : to fall abruptly : plunge

2 : to dump refuse

dump on

: to treat disrespectfully especially : belittle, bad-mouth

dump

noun

Definition of dump (Entry 2 of 2)

1a : an accumulation of refuse and discarded materials

b : a place where such materials are dumped

2a : a quantity of reserve materials accumulated at one place

b : a place where such materials are stored ammunition dump

3 : a disorderly, slovenly, or objectionable place

4 : an instance of dumping data stored in a computer

5 often vulgar : an act of defecation —usually used with take

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Examples of dump in a Sentence

Verb You can dump the coats on the bed. I dumped the coffee down the drain. The murderer dumped the body in the river. Noun We bring our trash to the town dump on Saturdays. all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Dogecoin lives on today, periodically resurfacing as the target of pump-and-dump schemes. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "What is Dogecoin?," 9 July 2020 One of the biggest surprises in the first half of 2020 was what didn’t happen: Most individual investors, despite their reputation as nervous Nellies who sell into every panic, didn’t dump their stocks even when the market meltdown was at its worst. — Jason Zweig, WSJ, "Markets Bombed, Investors Carried On," 26 June 2020 Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation determined that Rogers rented a boat in Paris, Tenn., and used it to dump Jones’ body, the bureau said. — Tom Steele, Dallas News, "Arlington man dumped woman’s body in lake on Kentucky-Tennessee border, authorities say," 25 June 2020 Amenities include restrooms, general store and dump station but no hookups. — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, "Visiting Grand Canyon North Rim: Complete guide to what's open, closed and delayed in 2020," 11 June 2020 Singh and Johal wanted to negotiate an exclusive contract to dump on the property. — Scott Morris, ProPublica, "How a PG&E Contractor With a Sketchy Past Made Millions After California’s Deadliest Fire," 30 June 2010 Then in the spring, much of the ice would melt away and dump these nutrients into the ocean. — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, "Declining Antarctic Sea Ice Could Disrupt a Major Carbon Sink," 24 June 2020 Not all storms moving through the area will produce gusty winds or hail, but most are expected to dump heavy rain across Dallas-Fort Worth, according Matt Stalley, a National Weather Service meteorologist. — Dallas News, "Storms overnight Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth could be strong, produce gusty winds," 22 June 2020 Botters can speed through these dungeons, gather rare resources and dump their wares onto the auction house, which artificially lowers their value. — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, "Bot Mafias Have Wreaked Havoc in World of Warcraft Classic," 17 June 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump. — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, "Not long ago Dwight Howard was a face of the NBA. Now he's a salary dump.," 21 June 2017 New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas. — Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, "Say bye to Virginia Key’s toxic old landfill, and hi to Miami’s biggest park," 15 June 2017 A colleague got him to shore, and flagged down a dump truck, which took Stewart to a hospital. — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Jim Stewart, Scripps waterman who opened the sea to scuba diving scientists, dies at 89," 8 June 2017 The driver of the dump truck, which was registered to Harry Brown Trucking Inc., of Hebron, was not injured in the crash. — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, "3 killed in head-on crash with dump truck," 7 June 2017 The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps, where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s. — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, "Water-drinking public worried — or not — about 3M pollution in Washington County," 6 June 2017 The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays. — Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, "Joe Kenzinger dominates at net as Brother Rice advances to state," 30 May 2017 Three possessions later, Tapan put the public team up, 24-21, on a timely dump. — Andrew J. Campa, Burbank Leader, "Public school pulls away late from private boys’ volleyball squad," 4 June 2017 A man paving a private driveway in Whiteford suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a dump truck Tuesday afternoon, according to Harford County fire and EMS officials. — David Anderson, The Aegis, "Man struck by dump truck in Whiteford Tuesday, suffers life-threatening injuries," 30 May 2017

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