dumper

dump +‎ -er

• Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)

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.

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

• belly dumper
• dumper truck

• dump truck

• dumpee

• “dumper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• rumped

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.

• IPA^(key): /d̥umb̥ːɐ/

dumper (comparative dumperer, superlative åm dumperstn)

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

dumper m or f

1. indefinite plural of dump

• dumpar

dumper m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of dump

Borrowed from French dumper.

dumper n (plural dumpere)

1. dumper (vehicle)