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dumpster

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpstɚ/

The English word “dumpster” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

verb

  1. To discard or dispose something, especially to throw into a dumpster.
  2. To humiliatingly destroy, utterly demolish (an opponent).
  3. Synonym of dumpster dive

Etymology

Genericized brand name, from blend of dump + Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.

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