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dump

noun
/dʌmp/

Etymology

From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Danish dumpe (“to fall suddenly”)), of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of falling, similar to thump.

  1. derived from dumpa — “to thump”
  2. inherited from dumpen

Definitions

  1. A place where waste or garbage is left

    A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

    • a toxic waste dump

  2. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

  3. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way

    That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

  4. ›+ 27 more definitions

    1. An act of dumping, or its result.

      • The new XML dump is coming soon.

    2. A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced…

      A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.

    3. A storage place for supplies, especially military.

      • an ammo dump
      • a munitions dump

    4. An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.

      • This place looks like a dump.
      • Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.
      • "Okay," he said. "We'll check out of this dump tomorrow."

    5. An act of defecation

      An act of defecation; a defecating.

      • I have to take a dump.

    6. A sad, gloomy state of the mind

      A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.

      • […] doleful dumps the mind oppress […]
      • […] I was musing in the midst of my dumps […]
      • March slowly on in solemn dump […]

    7. Absence of mind

      Absence of mind; reverie.

    8. A pile of ore or rock.

    9. A melancholy strain or tune in music

      A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

      • Tune a deploring dump […]
      • O, play me some merry dump to comfort me.

    10. An old kind of dance.

    11. A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).

    12. A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.

      • The back of this display is constructed of a double row of cans which are interlocking. The double row is significant because it provides a source of stock to replenish the dump which will be located in the base of the stand.
      • Mass displays to move goods in bulk are dotted here and there throughout the store, particularly at the ends of the gondolas, and considerable use is made of dump displays.
      • Although they may have a lot of clutter in promotional cardboard dump displays, that factor is likely to change.

    13. To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

    14. To discard

      To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

    15. To sell below cost or very cheaply

      To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

    16. To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

      • to dump the ROM from a rare Nintendo game cartridge

    17. To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.

    18. To end a romantic relationship with.

      • Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her.

    19. To knock heavily

      To knock heavily; to stump.

    20. To put or throw down with more or less of violence

      To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it

      • We dumped the coal onto the fireplace.

    21. To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.

    22. Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.

      • Blowing like a grampus from every orifice, I leaned on a passing wave which dumped me[.]

    23. A thick, ill-shapen piece.

    24. A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.

      • The capons were leaden representations of cocks and hens pitched at by leaden dumps.

    25. A deep hole in a river bed

      A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.

    26. A city in Toledo District, Belize.

    27. Donald Trump.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dump. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA