dump

[duhmp] /dʌmp/
verb (used with object)
1.
to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly:
Dump the topsoil here.
2.
to empty out, as from a container, by tilting or overturning.
3.
to unload or empty out (a container), as by tilting or overturning.
4.
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.
5.
to transfer or rid oneself of suddenly and irresponsibly:
Don't dump your troubles on me!
6.
Boxing Slang.
  1. to knock down:
    The champion was dumped twice but won the fight.
  2. to lose (a match) intentionally:
    a bribe to dump a fight.
7.
Commerce.
  1. to put (goods or securities) on the market in large quantities and at a low price without regard to the effect on market conditions.
  2. to sell (goods) into foreign markets below cost in order to promote exports or damage foreign competition.
8.
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.
9.
Slang. to kill; murder:
threats to dump him if he didn't pay up.
verb (used without object)
10.
to fall or drop down suddenly.
11.
to throw away or discard garbage, refuse, etc.
12.
Commerce.
  1. to offer goods for sale in large quantities at a low price.
  2. to dump below-cost goods into foreign markets.
13.
to release contents:
a sewage pipe that dumps in the ocean.
14.
Slang. to complain, criticize, gossip, or tell another person one's problems:
He calls me up just to dump.
15.
Slang: Vulgar. to defecate.
noun
16.
an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
17.
Also called dumpsite, dumping-ground. a place where garbage, refuse, etc., is deposited.
18.
Military.
  1. a collection of ammunition, stores, etc., deposited at some point, as near a battlefront, for distribution.
  2. the ammunition, stores, etc., so deposited.
19.
the act of dumping.
20.
Mining.
  1. a runway or embankment equipped with tripping devices, from which low-grade ore, rock, etc., are dumped.
  2. the pile of ore so dumped.
21.
Informal. a place, house, or town that is dilapidated, dirty, or disreputable.
22.
(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.
23.
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.
Idioms
24.
dump on (someone), Informal.
  1. to attack with verbal abuse; criticize harshly:
    Reporters never tired of dumping on certain public figures.
  2. to unload one's problems onto (another person):
    You never phone me without dumping on me.
Origin
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
Related forms
dumper, noun
undumped, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for dump on

dump on

verb
1.
(intransitive, preposition) (informal, mainly US) to abuse or criticize

dump1

/dʌmp/
verb
1.
to drop, fall, or let fall heavily or in a mass
2.
(transitive) to empty (objects or material) out of a container
3.
to unload, empty, or make empty (a container), as by tilting or overturning
4.
(transitive) (informal) to dispose of
5.
(transitive) to dispose of (waste, esp radioactive nuclear waste) in the sea or on land
6.
(commerce)
  1. to market (goods) in bulk and at low prices
  2. 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
7.
(transitive) to store (supplies, arms, etc) temporarily
8.
(intransitive) (slang, mainly US) to defecate
9.
(transitive) (surfing) (of a wave) to hurl a swimmer or surfer down
10.
(transitive) (Austral & NZ) to compact (bales of wool) by hydraulic pressure
11.
(transitive) (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
noun
12.
  1. a place or area where waste materials are dumped
  2. (in combination): rubbish dump
13.
a pile or accumulation of rubbish
14.
the act of dumping
15.
(informal) a dirty or unkempt place
16.
(military) a place where weapons, supplies, etc, are stored
17.
(slang, mainly US) an act of defecation
See also dump on
Derived Forms
dumper, noun
Word Origin
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dumpa to fall suddenly, Middle Low German dumpeln to duck

dump2

/dʌmp/
noun
1.
(obsolete) a mournful song; lament
Word Origin
C16: see damp
Word Origin and History for dump on

dump

v.

early 14c., "throw down or fall with force," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish dumpe, Norwegian dumpa "to fall suddenly"). The sense of "unload en masse" is first recorded in American English 1784. That of "discard, abandon" is from 1919. Related: Dumped; dumping. Dump truck is from 1930.

n.

"place where refuse is dumped," 1865, originally of mining operations, from dump (v.). Meaning "any shabby place" is from 1899. Meaning "act of defecating" is from 1942.

Slang definitions & phrases for dump on

dump on

verb phrase

To criticize harshly, often unfairly; complain and carp at; put down: If he does something right, I'm not going to dump on him/ Don't dump on the teachers we have/ an acknowledgement of the fact that he had dumped on us all year

[1940s+; perhaps fr dump, ''defecation'']


dump

noun
  1. Any place so shabby or ugly as to be comparable to a depository for trash and garbage; a repulsive venue: What a dump my hometown is now! (1899+)
  2. Any building or place: Nice little dump you got here/ fanciest dump in town (1930s+)
  3. A prison (1904+ Underworld)
  4. A race, game, etc, that is intentionally lost, usually for gambling advantage; fix: When he took a dive in the first I knew we had a dump on our hands (1940s+ Gambling)
  5. A defecation; a SHIT: To start the morning with a satisfactory dump is a good omen (1940s+)
  6. A fund-raising event that allows many contributions to be given at once; scoop: The chief has a breakfast dump at the Century Plaza, then a stump speech at 2 p.m. (1990s+ Politics)
verb
  1. To sell goods, stock, etc, in order to manipulate or depress a market (1868+)
  2. : Players accepting bribes to ''dump'' games
  3. To bunt a baseball: Dehoney dumped one toward third (1920+ Baseball)
  4. To kill (1930s+ Underworld)
  5. To rid oneself of someone or something; deep six: He dumped the whole cabinet (1848+)
  6. To admit someone to a hospital without proper cause •Often done as a way of avoiding responsibility for a patient (1980s+ Medical)
  7. To assign vulnerable novices and officers with disciplinary infractions to drug-ridden precincts (1990s+ Police)
  8. To speak openly and volubly: I shake my head and proceed to start dumping about my mom (1990s+)
Related Terms

core dump, take a dump

[origin uncertain; perhaps related to a Scandinavian term meaning ''to fall suddenly,'' the connection being the tipping out of a load from a cart]