n.
- a site for depositing rubbish or waste.
▸a heap of rubbish left at a dump.
▸informal an unpleasant or dreary place.
- Computing an act of dumping stored data.
- informal an act of defecation.
v.
- deposit or dispose of (rubbish or something unwanted).
▸put down firmly and carelessly.
▸informal desert (someone).
▸send (goods unsaleable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price.
- Computing copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss.
▸print out the contents of (a store).
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(dump on)
N. Amer. informal treat badly or criticize harshly.
Etymology
ME (orig. in the sense ‘fall suddenly’): in later use partly imitative; cf. thump.
