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dumper

UK/ˈdʌmpə//ˈdʌmpɚ/

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

Noun

dumper (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. A 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
    • […] 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. A 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. (slang) A 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)

Proper noun capitalized: Dumper

Dumper (plural Dumpers)

  1. A surname.

dumper meaning in Tamil

dumper in Tamil

தொட்டி, கொட்டி

Synonyms of dumper

Forms of dumper

Noun
pluraldumpers
Proper noun
pluralDumpers

Origin of dumper

From dump + -er.

Probably a variant of Dummer.

Words formed from dumper

Phrases with dumper

Words that rhyme with dumper

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Questions about dumper

What does dumper mean?
Dumper means a small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart.
What is dumper in Tamil?
Dumper in Tamil is தொட்டி, கொட்டி. See Dumper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dumper?
Dumper can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dumper?
Dumper is pronounced /ˈdʌmpə/ (UK).
What is the plural of dumper?
The plural of dumper is dumpers.

Words near dumper in the dictionary

  1. dumped on
  2. dumped one's load
  3. dumped out
  4. dumpee
  5. dumpees
  6. dumper
  7. dumper truck
  8. dumper trucks
  9. dumpers
  10. dumpie
  11. dumpier

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