dumpster
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈdʌmpstɚ//
A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
Substantiv
- 1
A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet waste, looking for discarded technology.
[…]with the uncanny ability to always look like he just woke up in a dumpster
Herkunft
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.
Verb
- 1
SlangTo discard or dispose something, especially to throw into a dumpster.
- 2
SlangTo humiliatingly destroy, utterly demolish (an opponent).
- 3
SlangSynonym of dumpster dive
Formen
- Plural
- dumpsters
- Präteritum
- dumpstered
- Partizip II
- dumpstered
- Partizip I
- dumpstering
- 3. Person Singular
- dumpsters
dumpster · A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
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