fly-tipping

See also: flytipping

English

Alternative forms

• flytipping

Etymology

From the verb tip (“to dump (refuse)”), and on the fly (“spontaneously or extemporaneously”).

Fly-tipping in progress

Noun

fly-tipping (uncountable)

1. The illegal dumping of rubbish on unauthorised sites.
   • 2021 June 16, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern: Hartlepool”, in RAIL, number 933, page 26:

     Ten tonnes of rubbish have been removed by Network Rail from a trackside fly-tipping hotspot north of the station.

Related terms

• fly-tip
• fly-tipper

 

Verb

fly-tipping

1. present participle and gerund of fly-tip