Definitions and meaning of dump
dump
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʌmp/, [dɐm̥p]
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- Rhymes: -ʌmp
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
- 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.
- (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
- (obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
- (obsolete) An old kind of dance.
- (historical, Australia, Canada) 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.
Coordinate terms
- (act of defecation): leak
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (obsolete Australian coin): holey dollar
References
Verb
dump (third-person singular simple present dumps, present participle dumping, simple past and past participle dumped)
- (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- (transitive, computing) 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
- (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.
- (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To knock heavily; to stump.
- (transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- (transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
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Descendants
Translations
Etymology 2
See dumpling.
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
- (UK, archaic) A thick, ill-shapen piece.
- (UK, archaic) A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.
Etymology 3
Cognate with Scots dump (“hole in the ground”), Norwegian dump (“a depression or hole in the ground”), German Low German dumpen (“to submerge”), Dutch dompen (“to dip, sink, submerge”).
Noun
dump (plural dumps)
- (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
Related terms
Chinese
Etymology
Romanisation of 揼 (dam2), influenced by spelling of English dump. Not related to English dump semantically.
Pronunciation
Verb
dump
- (Cantonese) to discard; to dump
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Cherry指自己收過吹氣Mary，「淘寶訂嗰啲，明明個頭吹脹咗個頭都係咁跌落嚟，我落到樓下見到垃圾桶即刻dump咗佢。」 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
Cherry指自己收过吹气Mary，「淘宝订嗰啲，明明个头吹胀咗个头都系咁跌落嚟，我落到楼下见到垃圾桶即刻dump咗佢。」 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]- Cherry zi2 zi6 gei2 sau1 gwo3 ceoi1 hei3 Mary, “tou4 bou2 deng6 go2 di1, ming4 ming4 go3 tau4 ceoi1 zoeng3 zo2 go3 tau4 dou1 hai6 gam2 dit3 lok6 lai4, ngo5 lok6 dou3 lau4 haa6 gin3 dou3-2 laap6 saap3 tung2 zik1 kaak1 dam2 zo2 keoi5.” [Jyutping]
- Cherry said she has received an inflatable sex doll before. “The ones you get on Taobao, the head keeps falling off even it has been inflated. I threw it away once I got downstairs and saw a rubbish bin”
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
dump
- inflection of dumpen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From German dumpf.
Adjective
dump (neuter singular dumpt, definite singular and plural dumpe)
- dull (pain also), hollow, muffled (of a sound)
Etymology 2
Possibly related to dyp
Noun
dump f or m (definite singular dumpa or dumpen, indefinite plural dumper, definite plural dumpene)
- a dip, hollow, depression, bump (hole in the road)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From the verb dumpe.
Noun
dump n (definite singular dumpet, indefinite plural dump, definite plural dumpa or dumpene)
- a thud (dull sound)
References
- “dump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dump_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “dump_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “dump_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From German dumpf.
Adjective
dump (neuter singular dumpt, definite singular and plural dumpe)
- dull (pain also), hollow, muffled (of a sound)
Etymology 2
Possibly related to djup
Noun
dump m (definite singular dumpen, indefinite plural dumpar, definite plural dumpane)
dump f (definite singular dumpa, indefinite plural dumper, definite plural dumpene)
- a dip, hollow, depression, bump (hole in the road)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From the verb dumpe.
Noun
dump n (definite singular dumpet, indefinite plural dump, definite plural dumpa)
- a thud (dull sound)
References
- “dump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Source: wiktionary.org