|noun|
1.A large metal container for rubbish.
2.A large wave that breaks and hurls the swimmer or surfer on to the beach.
‘She’s up there light and fast for maybe five seconds before she thinks about dumpers and drowning and then she’s prone again, nose to the wax, eyes closed hard and clinging, clinging.’
‘They were spilling waves rather than dumpers; meaning conditions would be good for swimming.’
3.A person or thing that dumps something.
‘Police, the Environment Agency and district and county councils have vowed to adopt a ‘get tough’ attitude on the dumpers, dog foulers and litter droppers by signing a ‘statement of intent’.’
‘Patsy says many illegal dumpers and those who illegally burn their refuse at night or at the weekends mistakenly think environmental enforcement inspectors only work 9 to 5 days.’
4.A truck with a body that tilts or opens at the back for unloading.
‘The former International Development Secretary invited upon herself a _dumper_ truck of fury and scorn, which Ministers and Labour MPs have duly disgorged over her head.’
‘The company’s product range includes tools, construction plant, diggers, dumpers and rollers.’
5.Used in reference to a bad or unwanted state.
‘his career’s in the _dumper_ ’
‘If nothing else, the renewed surge of equity markets around the globe as well as at home has put my bearish projections, which looked so sweet just three months ago, right in the _dumper_ - temporarily at least.’
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|noun|
‘She’s up there light and fast for maybe five seconds before she thinks about dumpers and drowning and then she’s prone again, nose to the wax, eyes closed hard and clinging, clinging.’
