Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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dump all over someone or something
Go to do a dump on someone or some-
thing.


dumped on 1. mod. maligned; abused. 
I really feel dumped on. The jerk who
designed this stupid congested stairway
hasn’t been dumped on enough. 2. mod.
snowed on. The entire Midwest was
dumped on with about ten inches of snow.
Our town really got dumped on last
night.


Dump it.tv. throw it away. We d on’t n e e d
it. Get rid of it! Dump it!


dump one’s load 1. tv. to empty one’s
stomach; to vomit. He’s in the john
dumping his load. Why can’t he learn to
dump his load silently? 2. tv. to defecate.
(Usually objectionable. Also with a load.)
He had to go dump a load.


dump on someone 1. in. to scold some-
one severely. Please, don’t dump on me.
I’ve had a hard day. 2. in. to place a large
burden of guilt or grief on someone; to
give someone all of one’s troubles. She
had had a bad day, so she dumped on me
for about an hour.


dump on someone or something 1. in.
to snow on someone or something. 
Well, it dumped on us again last night. 
The cold front dumped on the northeast
again today. 2. Go to do a dump on
someone or something.


dupe 1. n. a potential victim of a confi-
dence trick; a patsy. The crooks found
a good dupe and started their scheme. 
I don’t want to be a dupe for anybody. 2.
tv. to trick someone; to swindle someone.
You tried to dupe me! I did not try
to dupe you. It was an honest mistake. 3.
n. a duplicate; a copy. Make a dupe of
this before you send it off. I’ve got a dupe
in the files. 4. tv. to duplicate something;
to copy something. Dupe this and send
the original back. Just a minute, I have
to dupe a contract for the boss.


dust 1. in. to leave; to depart. Well, it’s
late. I gotta dust. They dusted out of
there at about midnight. 2. tv. to defeat
someone; to win out over someone. We
dusted the other team, eighty-seven to


fifty-four. In the second game, they
dusted us. 3. tv. to kill someone. (Under-
world.) The gang set out to dust the wit-
nesses, but only got one of them. Max
knew that Sam was out to dust him. 4. n.
fine tobacco for rolling cigarettes. (Pris-
ons.) How about a little dust for this
candy bar? I don’t want dust. I need
chocolate. 5. n. a powdered drug: heroin,
phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine; fine can-
nabis. (Drugs.) It’s the dust that can
really do you damage. Wally got hold of
some kind of dust and took it to the po-
lice. 6. tv. to add a powdered drug to the
end of a (tobacco or cannabis) cigarette.
(Drugs.) Pete dusted one, then lit it up.
Frank never dusts them before he sells
them. 7. n. worthless matter. You keep
acting like that and you’ll be dust. John
said that Frank was going to be dust if Mr.
Big ever heard about what happened.
dustern. the buttocks. (See also rusty-
dusty.) She fell down right on her
duster. My duster is sore from all that
riding.

dust of angelsGo to angel dust.
dust someone offtv. to give someone a
good pounding or beating. Sam threat-
ened to dust Frank off. TBob dusted off
Larry; then he started for Tom.

dust someone’s pantstv. to spank some-
one, usually a child. My dad will dust
my pants if he hears about this. I’m too
old for somebody to dust my pants.
dust-upn. a fight. Frank got in a dust-
up with Bruno. There was a dust-up at
the party that ruined the evening for
everyone.

dusty buttGo to duck-butt.
theDutch act and theDutch curen. sui-
cide. Well, Ken took the Dutch cure last
week. So sad. She had tried the Dutch
act many times in the past.

Dutch courage 1. n. liquor; false courage
from drinking liquor. A couple of shots
of Dutch courage, and he was ready to face
anything. How about a little Dutch
courage to help you through the first act?


  1. n. drugs. Max deals in Dutch


Dutch courage
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