DUMPS


Meaning of DUMPS in English

/ dʌmps; NAmE / noun

[ pl. ]

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IDIOMS

- down in the dumps

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent. (originally singular in the sense a dazed or puzzled state): probably a figurative use of Middle Dutch domp haze, mist.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.