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dump

/dˈʌmp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. throw away as refuse
    “No dumping in these woods!”
  2. sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
    “The company dumped him after many years of service”
  3. sell at artificially low prices
  4. drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
    “The truck dumped the garbage in the street”
  5. fall abruptly
    “It plunged to the bottom of the well”
  6. knock down with force
    “He decked his opponent”

noun

  1. a coarse term for defecation
    “he took a shit”
  2. a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
  3. (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
  4. a place where supplies can be stored
    “an ammunition dump”

Synonyms for dump

Words that rhyme with dump

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