How do you use the word "dump" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "dump" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "dump": You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you? The taxi collided head-on with a dump truck and was badly crushed.

Dump Meaning

/dʌmp/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

nounA car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

Sentence Examples

You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?

The taxi collided head-on with a dump truck and was badly crushed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

ditch

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Please ____ the old furniture behind the garage before noon.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

You were about to ____ her flat out, weren't you?

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

""Okay," he said. "We'll check out of this dump tomorrow."" — 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 184:

"[…] doleful dumps the mind oppress […]" — c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

"[…] I was musing in the midst of my dumps […]" — 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:

"March slowly on in solemn dump […]" — 1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 228:

"They see not what passes before their eyes; hear not the audible discourse of the company; and when by any strong application to them they are roused a little, they are like men brought to themselves from some remote region […]. The shame that such dumps cause to well-bred people, when it carries them away from the company, where they should bear a part of the conversation, is a sufficient argument that it is a fault in the conduct of our understanding, not to have that power over it as to make use of it to those purposes, and on those occasions, wherein we have need of its assistance." — a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 45, page 125:

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