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dumps

[ duhmps ]

noun

  1. a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the ):

    to be in the dumps over money problems.



dumps

/ »åÊŒ³¾±è²õ /

plural noun

  1. informal.
    a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dumps1

1515–25; compare German dumpf dull, Middle Dutch domp haze
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dumps1

C16: probably from Middle Dutch domp haze, mist; see damp
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Idioms and Phrases

see down in the dumps .
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Example Sentences

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Federal officials counter that the debris can be disposed safely at the local landfills, and that trucking it to far away hazardous waste dumps would require longer truck trips that would delay the cleanup.

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Sites that attract birds, like rubbish dumps, must also be moved away from airports.

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Atacms and Storm Shadow missiles may have been used to powerful, even devastating, effect on distant command posts and ammunition dumps, but such successes seem remote to soldiers on the front lines.

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Before it could react with the most powerful weapons Iran had provided, Israel killed Nasrallah and most of his key lieutenants, accompanied by massive strikes that destroyed arms dumps.

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“But I can tell you that there are no ammunition dumps or weapons caches in Baalbek.â€

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