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DumpEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From dump, as a pun on Trump.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dumpEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Danish dumpe (“to fall suddenly”)), of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of falling, similar to thump.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dumpEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English dumpen, dompen, probably from Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”) (whence Danish dumpe (“to fall suddenly”)), of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of falling, similar to thump.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dumpEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
See dumpling.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dumpEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Cognate with Scots dump (“hole in the ground”), Norwegian dump (“a depression or hole in the ground”), German Low German dumpen (“to submerge”), Dutch dompen (“to dip, sink, submerge”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- DumpEnglish · e-37683-8681
Dump, dump, v.t. to throw down: to unload.—n. a thud: a place for the discharge of loads, or for rubbish: (pl.) money (slang). [Cf. Dan. dumpe, Norw. dumpa, to fall plump.]
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Dump, dump, n. dullness or gloominess of mind, ill-humour, low spirits—now only used in the pl.: (Shak.) a melancholy strain, any tune.—adj. Dump′ish, depressed in spirits.—adv. Dump′ishly.—n. Dump′ishness. [Prob. relate
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Dump, dump, n. a deep hole in a river-bed, a pool. [Prob. Norse dump, a pit.]
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