n. [ Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan.dump dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. Damp, or Dump, v. t. ]
March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The ludicrous associations now attached to this word did not originally belong to it. “Holland's translation of Livy represents the Romans as being `in the dumps' after the battle of Cannæ.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Dumpling. ] A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [ Eng. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Dumping car
Dumping cart
n.
n. a coarse term for defecation.
n.
n. a cart that can be tilted to empty the contents without handling them.
n. (Railroads) same as
adj.
n. same as dump truck.