dump truck n 1: truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity [syn: {dump truck}, {dumper}, {tipper truck}, {tipper lorry}, {tip truck}, {tipper}]
dump truck \dump" truck`\ n. a truck, usually with an open top, the carrying bopdy of which can be tilted so as to emptied its contents without handling. Syn: dumper. [WordNet 1.5]