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The correct spelling is dump.
How to pronounce dump
/dʌmp/
nounIPA: /dʌmp/
Say it like: Dum-p
The correct spelling is dump. A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. For example: "A toxic waste dump."
Usage Examples
“A toxic waste dump.”
“The new XML dump is coming soon.”
“Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- 2.A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- 3.That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- 4.An act of dumping, or its result.
- 5.A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program
verb
- 1.To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- 2.To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
- 3.To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- 4.To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- 5.To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
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