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Definitions for Dumps

[1] a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the ): to be in the dumps over money problems.
[2] to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
[3] to empty out, as from a container, by tilting or overturning.
[4] to unload or empty out (a container), as by tilting or overturning.
[5] 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.
[6] to transfer or rid oneself of suddenly and irresponsibly: Don't dump your troubles on me!
[7] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] Slang . to kill; murder: threats to dump him if he didn't pay up.
[11] to fall or drop down suddenly.
[12] to throw away or discard garbage, refuse, etc.
[13] Commerce . to offer goods for sale in large quantities at a low price. to dump below-cost goods into foreign markets.
[14] to release contents: a sewage pipe that dumps in the ocean.
[15] Slang . to complain, criticize, gossip, or tell another person one's problems: He calls me up just to dump.
[16] Slang : Vulgar . to defecate.
[17] an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
[18] Also called dumpsite, dumping-ground. a place where garbage, refuse, etc., is deposited.
[19] Military . a collection of ammunition, stores, etc., deposited at some point, as near a battlefront, for distribution. the ammunition, stores, etc., so deposited.
[20] the act of dumping.
[21] Mining . a runway or embankment equipped with tripping devices, from which low-grade ore, rock, etc., are dumped. the pile of ore so dumped.
[22] Informal . a place, house, or town that is dilapidated, dirty, or disreputable.
[23] (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.
[24] 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.
[25] informal a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps )
[26] to drop, fall, or let fall heavily or in a mass
[27] (tr) to empty (objects or material) out of a container
[28] to unload, empty, or make empty (a container), as by tilting or overturning
[29] (tr) informal to dispose of
[30] (tr) to dispose of (waste, esp radioactive nuclear waste) in the sea or on land
[31] commerce to market (goods) in bulk and at low prices to offer for sale large quantities of (goods) on foreign markets at low prices in order to maintain a high price in the home market and obtain a share of the foreign markets
[32] (tr) to store (supplies, arms, etc) temporarily
[33] (intr) slang , mainly US to defecate
[34] (tr) surfing (of a wave) to hurl a swimmer or surfer down
[35] (tr) Australian and NZ to compact (bales of wool) by hydraulic pressure
[36] (tr) computing to record (the contents of part or all of the memory) on a storage device, such as magnetic tape, at a series of points during a computer run
[37] a place or area where waste materials are dumped (in combination ) rubbish dump
[38] a pile or accumulation of rubbish
[39] the act of dumping
[40] informal a dirty or unkempt place
[41] military a place where weapons, supplies, etc, are stored
[42] slang , mainly US an act of defecation
[43] obsolete a mournful song; lament

Words related to Dumps

doldrums, gloom, melancholy, dreariness, bummer, trouble, blues, unhappiness, gloominess, blahs

Words nearby Dumps

dumping, dumping syndrome, dumping-ground, dumpish, dumpling, dumps, dumpsite, dumpster, dumpster diving, dumpster fire, dumpy

Origin of Dumps

1250–1300; Middle English (in sense “to fall suddenly”) < Old Norse dumpa strike, bump; modern senses as transitive v. and noun (not known before 19th cent.) perhaps < another source, or independent expressive formation

Other words from Dumps

dump·er , noun
un·dumped , adjective

Word origin for Dumps

C16: see damp

Synonyms for Dumps

blahs, blues, bummer, cheerlessness, doldrums, dreariness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, sulks, trouble, unhappiness, woefulness, low spirits, the blues