Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A gloomy, melancholy state of mind; depression. Often used with the.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural a gloomy mental state; same as 2nd
dump{1} ; -- used mostly in the phrase “in thedumps ”.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
dump . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dump .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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These figures become even more significant when it is realised that these dumps have surprisingly low recovery rates because the microbiological component of sulphide leaching was not realised at the time of the dumps construction.
Chapter 6 1984
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Blog posts are often like that too, brain dumps full of chattiness without really going anywhere ...
different answers nathreee 2010
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Blog posts are often like that too, brain dumps full of chattiness without really going anywhere ...
different answers nathreee 2010
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Meanwhile, the perjured blob that is Clarence Thomas has helped free the TV, radio and mailbox for vast, undocumented money dumps from the likes of his manic, Jesus-crazed spouse.
Jerry and Joe Long: Can Scum Save Us From Maniacs? Jerry 2010
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And P.S., another way to save your bananas from the dumps is to freeze them.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Meanwhile, the perjured blob that is Clarence Thomas has helped free the TV, radio and mailbox for vast, undocumented money dumps from the likes of his manic, Jesus-crazed spouse.
Jerry and Joe Long: Can Scum Save Us From Maniacs? Jerry 2010
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And P.S., another way to save your bananas from the dumps is to freeze them.
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Meanwhile, the perjured blob that is Clarence Thomas has helped free the TV, radio and mailbox for vast, undocumented money dumps from the likes of his manic, Jesus-crazed spouse.
Jerry and Joe Long: Can Scum Save Us From Maniacs? Jerry 2010
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As much as i appreciate the thought behind these waterfalls, do we really need spend our hard earned tax dollars on these luxuries when the economy is going down in dumps? — ekta
New York City Waterfalls: Reader Photos - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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No problem, except for the destitute underfed children searching in dumps for dinner scraps.
duh pookie 2008
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