dumping
Meaning of dumping
verb, gerund or present participle
- deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way.
trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here
- copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss.
Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump.
Information about dumping
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of dumping is: dumpings.
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Hyphenation of dumping
dump-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dumping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
dumping synonyms
Meaning get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable:
Meaning discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:
Meaning throw (something) away by putting it in a bin:
Meaning throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship:
Meaning provide with a ditch or ditches:
Meaning discard or abandon unceremoniously:
Meaning damage or destroy:
Words that rhyme with dumping
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