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dumps

American  
[duhmps] / dʌmps /

noun

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

    to be in the dumps over money problems.
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.

Etymology

Origin of dumps

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

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