dump
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Is dump a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.Internet
2. (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.Examples: "The new XML dump is coming soon."
3. (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
4. (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.Examples: "This place looks like a dump."; "Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump."slang
5. (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.Examples: "I have to take a dump."euphemisticoftenslang
6. (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.Examples: "[…] doleful dumps the mind oppress […]"; "[…] I was musing in the midst of my dumps […]"; "March slowly on in solemn dump […]"plural-normally
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.transitive
2. (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.Examples: "The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped."transitive
3. (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.transitive
4. (transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.Examples: "to dump the ROM from a rare Nintendo game cartridge"transitive
5. (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.transitive
6. (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.Examples: "Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her."informaltransitive
noun (English)
1. (UK, archaic) A thick, ill-shapen piece.UKarchaic
2. (UK, archaic) A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.Examples: "The capons were leaden representations of cocks and hens pitched at by leaden dumps."UKarchaic
noun (English)
1. (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.Northern-England
name (English)
1. (US, slang, derogatory) Donald Trump.USderogatoryslang
Definition source: Wiktionary