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dumpster dive

dumpster dive verb: to practice dumpster diving.

Verb

dumpster dive (third-person singular simple present dumpster dives, present participle dumpster diving, simple past dumpster dived or (chiefly US) dumpster dove, past participle dumpster dived)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To practice dumpster diving.

Noun

dumpster dive (plural dumpster dives)

  1. (slang) An act or expedition of dumpster diving.

Forms of dumpster dive

Verb
third-person singular presentdumpster dives
present participledumpster diving
pastdumpster dived
past USdumpster dove
past participledumpster dived
Noun
pluraldumpster dives

Questions about dumpster dive

What does dumpster dive mean?
Dumpster dive means to practice dumpster diving.
What part of speech is dumpster dive?
Dumpster dive can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of dumpster dive?
The past tense of dumpster dive is dumpster dived.

Words near dumpster dive in the dictionary

  1. dumpsites
  2. Dumpson
  3. dumpster
  4. dumpster bandit
  5. dumpster bandits
  6. dumpster dive
  7. dumpster dived
  8. dumpster diver
  9. dumpster divers
  10. dumpster dives
  11. dumpster diving

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