"fly-tip" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fly-tips [plural]
Etymology: fly + tip. To tip (“deposit rubbish”) on the fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fly|tip}} fly + tip, {{m|en|tip||deposit rubbish}} tip (“deposit rubbish”), {{m|en|on the fly}} on the fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} fly-tip (plural fly-tips)
  1. A pile of rubbish discarded in such a manner Related terms: fly-tipper, fly-tipping Translations (pile of illegally discarded rubbish): décharge sauvage [feminine] (French), dépôt sauvage [masculine] (French), dépôt sauvage de déchets [masculine] (French), dépôt sauvage d’ordures [masculine] (French), tipio anghyfreithlon [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fly-tip-en-noun-JuU8ydpw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flytip

Verb

Forms: fly-tips [present, singular, third-person], fly-tipping [participle, present], fly-tipped [participle, past], fly-tipped [past]
Etymology: fly + tip. To tip (“deposit rubbish”) on the fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fly|tip}} fly + tip, {{m|en|tip||deposit rubbish}} tip (“deposit rubbish”), {{m|en|on the fly}} on the fly Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} fly-tip (third-person singular simple present fly-tips, present participle fly-tipping, simple past and past participle fly-tipped)
  1. To dispose of waste (garbage) illegally, rather than at an authorized dump location. Translations (to dispose of waste illegally): tipio'n anghyfreithlon (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fly-tip-en-verb-PMlb0GDy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flytip

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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