DUMPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dumps mean? 

• DUMPS (noun)
  The noun DUMPS has 1 sense:

1. an informal expression for a mildly depressed state

  Familiarity information: DUMPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUMPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal expression for a mildly depressed state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dumps; mopes

Context example:

have the mopes

Hypernyms ("dumps" is a kind of...):

low spirits (a state of mild depression)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual feels or felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer them up.

(Have You Felt So Down in the Dumps That Nothing Could Cheer You Up, NCI Thesaurus)

It's more than just a feeling of being "down in the dumps" or "blue" for a few days.

(Depression, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)