dump

dump
dump (v.) early 14c., "throw down or fall with force," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Dan. dumpe, Norw. dumpa "to fall suddenly"). The sense of "unload en masse" is first recorded in Amer.Eng. 1784. That of "discard, abandon" is from 1919. Related: Dumped; dumping. The noun "place where refuse is dumped" is attested from 1865, originally of mining operations. Meaning "any shabby place" is from 1899. Meaning "act of defecating" is from 1942. Dump truck is from 1930.

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