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dump noun- the buttocks US
- [L]ooking down at her while she was on her knees with her well-rounded dump propped up in the air really made a freak outta me[.] — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 110, 1973
- an act of defecation US, 1942
- I started documenting any large or unusually shaped bowel movements. I knew I was becoming obsessive when I filmed my third monster dump of the week. — Anka Radakovich, The Wild Girls Club, p. 86, 1994
- I thought I could get through the job okay and have a dump after, but I was wrong. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 4, 2001
- an unpleasant place or location US, 1899
- Well, finally I gets back to this dump where I lives. A rotten little flat in a big old block[.] — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 9, 1964
- in a smuggling operation, the place where the goods to be smuggled are assembled US
- — American Speech, p. 98, May 1956: “Smugglers’ argot in the Southwest”
- a ticket returned unsold to a theatre by a ticket agency US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 82, 1981
- a large, unprocessed amount of information US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 137, 1991
- a hospital patient who is transferred from one hospital or nursing home to another US
- — Maledicta, p. 38, 1983: “More common patient-directed pejoratives used by medi-cal personnel”
- a mortuary US
Gallows humour from the Vietnam war. - — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 69, 1991
- a fall from a surfboard, usually caused by a wave’s impact US
- — John Severson, Modern Surfing Around the World, p. 169, 1964
- an intentional loss of a game US
- Now when the best player throws the game it is called a dump. — Robert Byrne, McGoorty, p. 31, 1972
- a prison US
- — Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women, p. 207, 1966: Glossary of Prison Terms
- a denial of a prisoner’s request for parole US
- “Tooshay ain’t fittin’ ta catch nothin’ but a dump” says the Bone. — Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming, p. 246, 2002
▶ take a dump- to defecate US, 1942
- Jackie will go into the bathroom and take A HEARTY, SLOPPY, SMELLY DUMP complete with foul noises and splashing toilet water. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 196, 1995
- I mean, don’t you think it’s time you learned to take a dump at school? — American Pie, 1999
- to lose a game intentionally, especially for the purpose of taking advantage of spectator betting US
- So get in there tonight and take a dump, go in the tank. — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, p. 255, 1955
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