Synonyms for dumping
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : duhmp |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒmp |
Définition of dumping
Origin :- 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.
- noun disposal
- I want to break off with her first and not leave her all the glory of dumping me.
- Extract from : « The Middle Class Gentleman » by Moliere
- Dumping him into the car, Joe mounted hastily and drove off.
- Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
- For several days, the south of England was a dumping ground—from somewhere.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- It's dumping a chap in real playing that shows you what's wanted.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- A rotating brush was used to keep the belt clean at the dumping end.
- Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
- You are about to say something strong on the subject of dumping.
- Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
- They were all for dumping me down the steps of the vestibule.
- Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
- But the people of Orvieto had been dumping offal here for centuries.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
- And after dumping them in the carriages, they sat on them while the teams went off.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- But why should Paris—that is, our part of Paris—be the dumping ground?
- Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
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