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fly-tip

fly-tip verb: to dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location.

Verb

fly-tip (third-person singular simple present fly-tips, present participle fly-tipping, simple past and past participle fly-tipped)

  1. To dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location.
    • You face an unlimited fine if your rubbish is found fly-tipped.

Noun

fly-tip (plural fly-tips)

  1. A pile of rubbish discarded in such a manner.

Forms of fly-tip

Verb
third-person singular presentfly-tips
present participlefly-tipping
past participlefly-tipped
pastfly-tipped
alternative formflytip
Noun
pluralfly-tips

Origin of fly-tip

From fly + tip. To tip (“deposit rubbish”) on the fly.

Questions about fly-tip

What does fly-tip mean?
Fly-tip means to dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location.
What part of speech is fly-tip?
Fly-tip can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of fly-tip?
The past tense of fly-tip is fly-tipped.

Words near fly-tip in the dictionary

  1. fly-sheets
  2. fly-swatter
  3. fly-swatters
  4. fly-through
  5. fly-throughs
  6. fly-tip
  7. fly-tipped
  8. fly-tipper
  9. fly-tippers
  10. fly-tipping
  11. fly-tips

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