dumps

American  

[duhmps] / dʌmps /

noun

1. a depressed state of mind (usually preceded byin the ).

   to be in the dumps over money problems.

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dumps British  

/ dʌmps /

plural noun

1. informal a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps )

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dumps Idioms  

1. see down in the dumps.

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Etymology

Origin of dumps

1515–25; compare German dumpf dull, Middle Dutch domp haze

Example Sentences

But what the Dumps Like A Truck team is more passionate about than their food is the cause it’s benefiting.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018

Dumps Like A Truck is an authentic Chinese food and dumpling truck, but is also an avenue for charity.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018

The death will occur in an episode called A Clown in the Dumps, and that the actor playing the doomed character has won an Emmy for his work on the show.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2014

The exhaustive Simpsons Wiki page states that the storyline of A Clown in the Dumps involves Krusty merely retiring as a clown.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2014

He had a house big enough to fit fourteen of The Dumps into.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt