n. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; sorrow; heaviness of heart: as, to be in the dumps.n. Meditation; reverie.n. plural Twilight.n. A slow dance with a peculiar rhythm.n. Music for such a dance.n. Any tune.To throw down violently; plunge; tumble.To put or throw down, as a mass or load of anything; unload; especially, to throw down or cause to fall out by tilting up a cart: as, to dump a stickful of type (said by printers); to dump bricks, or a load of brick.To plunge into.To knock heavily.To fall or plunge down suddenly.To unload a cart by tilting it up; dispose of a refuse load by throwing it out at a certain place: as, you must not dump there.In printing, to remove type from the stick and place it on the galley: as, where shall I dump?n. The sound of a heavy object falling; a thud.n. Anything short, thick, and heavy.n. Hence A clumsy medal of lead formerly made by casting in moist sand; specifically, a leaden counter used by boys at chuckfarthing and similar games.n. A small coin of Australia.n. plural Money; “chink.”n. A place for the discharge of loads from carts, trucks, etc., by dumping; a place of deposit for offal, rubbish, or any coarse material.n. The pile of matter so deposited; specifically, the pile of refuse rock around the mouth of a shaft or adit-level.n. A nail. See the extract.n. A deep hole filled with water.To press closely; subject to severe pressure, as bales of wool. [Australia.]