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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr & vb n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down fall down cf Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw dimpa to fall down plump. Cf {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence to unload from a cart by tilting it as to dump sand, coal, etc [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} or {cart}, a railway car or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dumping n : selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market
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