"dumpster dive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dumpster dives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dumpster dive (plural dumpster dives)
  1. An act or expedition of dumpster diving.
    Sense id: en-dumpster_dive-en-noun-i0xilrhG

Verb

Forms: dumpster dives [present, singular, third-person], dumpster diving [participle, present], dumpster dived [UK, participle, past], dumpster dived [UK, past], dumpster dove [US, participle, past], dumpster dove [US, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=dumpster dove|past2_qual=US|past_qual=UK}} dumpster dive (third-person singular simple present dumpster dives, present participle dumpster diving, simple past and past participle (UK) dumpster dived or (US) dumpster dove)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To practice dumpster diving. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive Related terms: dumpster diver, dumpster diving Translations (practice dumper diving): dyykata (Finnish), containern (German), dumpstern (German), dømpstre (Norwegian Bokmål), buscar en la basura (Spanish), dumpstra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dumpster_dive-en-verb-r33jnEfj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Inflected forms

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