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/dˈəmpɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Dump v. t. (past & past part. dumped; pres. part. dumping)

To knock heavily; to stump. (Prov. Eng.)

To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. (U.S.)

Dumping car or Dumping cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; called also dump car, or dump cart.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dumping" Quotes from Famous Books

... saw a man in New Rochelle, N. Y.; dumping a load of street sweepings into a hole in a vacant lot. It would have been less wasteful to have dumped a bushel of potatoes ...

— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... to the satisfaction of the courts that the Mary Mattock, at the time of its abandonment by its original owners, was nothing more than a series of prospect holes, and that the property was valueless save for a dumping ground. ...

— Branded • Francis Lynde

... coat-tails he would have done them severe injury. It was at this moment that Joe Petty, attracted by the hullabaloo, arrived in the doorway, and running up to his master, lifted him from behind and carried him from the room, still brandishing the ham-bone and kicking out with his legs. Dumping him into the car, Joe mounted hastily and drove off. Mr. Lavender sat for two or three minutes coming to his senses before full realization of what he had done dawned on him. Then, flinging the ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... in modern bleach-houses, or they may be linked together in the form of a chain. In the latter case the operations and the machinery may be the same as used in the madder bleach, with a few unimportant minor differences. In the final washing the dumping machine is used, which consists of two wooden bowls set over a wooden trough containing the wash waters. The top bowl is covered with a thick layer of rope and merely rests on the bottom bowl by its own weight, and is driven by friction from the latter. The ...

— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech

... chemical manufacturers are getting quite scared about possible American competition. I hope the Democrats will give protection to these new industries and will also enact some "anti-dumping" legislation. ...

— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard

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