dumper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdʌmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈdʌmpɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English dump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dumper From dump + -er.
Meanings
- A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart.
- A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill or recycling sites.
- One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
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A wave that knocks a surfer into the water.
[…] learning how to slide across the face of a wave is put to practical use when inadvertently catching a dumper (plunging wave).
2004, Australian Mathematical Society, Gazette, volume 31, page 249:The choice of a dumper can be disastrous for a comparatively unskilled surfer […]
1959, John Bloomfield, Know-how in the Surf, page 28:
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A program that outputs the contents of storage or a data structure.
Protected programs implement various measures of counteraction against debuggers, disassemblers, dumpers, and other hacker tools.
2005, Kris Kaspersky, Hacker Debugging Uncovered, page 51:
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(slang) A person's buttocks.
My ass doesn't have to be that big, right? I'll kick you a few CCs and then you and me will take our brand-new dumpers and we'll just go, you know, flaunting around Copacabana Beach.
2025, Dave Chernin & John Chernin, Frank Is In a Coma, season 17, episode 2, spoken by Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dumpers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Synonyms
break-upper (person who terminates the relationship)
Translations (6)
hu dömper (vehicle) · es camión bañera (vehicle) · it ribaltabile (dropper of refuse) · it dumper (vehicle) · fr benne (dropper of refuse) · fr conteneur (dropper of refuse)