dumper

English

Etymology

From dump +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)

Noun

dumper (plural dumpers)

1. A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites; a dumpcart.
2. A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites.
3. One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
4. (surfing) A wave that knocks a surfer into the water.
   • 1959, John Bloomfield, Know-how in the Surf, page 28:

     The choice of a dumper can be disastrous for a comparatively unskilled surfer […]

   • 2004, Australian Mathematical Society, Gazette, volume 31, page 249:

     […] learning how to slide across the face of a wave is put to practical use when inadvertently catching a dumper (plunging wave).

5. (computing) A program that outputs the contents of storage or a data structure.
   • 2005, Kris Kaspersky, Hacker Debugging Uncovered, page 51:

     Protected programs implement various measures of counteraction against debuggers, disassemblers, dumpers, and other hacker tools.

Synonyms

• (person who terminates the relationship): break-upper

Derived terms

• belly dumper
• dumper truck

Related terms

• dump truck

Translations

vehicle

• Hungarian: dömper (hu)
• Italian: dumper m
• Spanish: camión bañera

dropper of refuse

• French: benne (fr) f, conteneur (fr) m
• Italian: ribaltabile (it) m

one who dumps (a partner)

See also

• dumpee

References

• “dumper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• rumped

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German timmer, timber, from Old High German timbar, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”) (via *dimr and *dimzaz), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Cognates include German dimper, English dim, Old Norse dimmr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥umb̥ːɐ/

Adjective

dumper (comparative dumperer, superlative åm dumperstn)

1. twilit, dark
2. dizzy, numb, dopey

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dumper m or f

1. indefinite plural of dump

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• dumpar

Noun

dumper m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of dump

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dumper.

Noun

dumper n (plural dumpere)

1. dumper (vehicle)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dumper	dumperul		dumpere	dumperele
genitive-dative	dumper	dumperului		dumpere	dumperelor
vocative	dumperule			dumperelor

Swedish

en dumper som tippar flaket [an (articulated hauler) dump truck tipping its load [bed]]

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English dumper, dump truck, or the like.

Noun

dumper c

1. a (tractor-like) dump truck, an articulated hauler

Usage notes

A truck with a tilting bed is a tippbil (or "lastbil med tipp(flak)" or the like).

Declension

Declension of dumper

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dumper	dumpers
	definite	dumpern	dumperns
plural	indefinite	dumprar	dumprars
	definite	dumprarna	dumprarnas

See also

• anläggningsbil
• dumpa
• flak
• tippa

References

• dumper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dumper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)