Meanings
plural info-dumps · alternative infodump
- computingA large volume of data supplied at the same time.
Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]
1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns - literatureA long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
Synonyms: expository lump
- An act of sharing a large amount of information on a subject one is interested in, particularly as an activity by or among autistic people.
present singular third person info-dumps · participle present info-dumping · participle past info-dumped · past info-dumped · alternative infodump
- informalintransitiveslangTo speak expositorily and at length regarding one's knowledge about a subject.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
Origin
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info-dump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/info-dump
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