dumper

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UK/ˈdʌmpə/US/ˈdʌmpɚ/

noun

A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart.

Meanings

dumper1

noundumper (plural dumpers)

plural dumpers

  1. A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart.
  2. A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill or recycling sites.
  3. One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
  4. hobbiesA wave that knocks a surfer into the water.

    The choice of a dumper can be disastrous for a comparatively unskilled surfer […]

    1959, John Bloomfield, Know-how in the Surf, page 28
    1 more example

    […] 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
  5. computingA 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
  6. slangA 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)

Dumper2

proper nounDumper (plural Dumpers)

plural Dumpers

Synonyms & antonyms

person who terminates the relationship

nountruck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Dumper · proper noun

Probably a variant of Dummer.

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Translations

French benne, conteneur
  • bennedropper of refuse
  • conteneurdropper of refuse
Hungarian dömper
  • dömpervehicle
Italian dumper, ribaltabile
  • dumpervehicle
  • ribaltabiledropper of refuse
Spanish camión bañera
  • camión bañeravehicle

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“dumper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumper.

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