fly-tipping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The illegal dumping of rubbish on unauthorised sites.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of fly-tip

Word forms

fly-tipping flytipping

Etymology

From the verb tip (“to dump (refuse)”), and on the fly (“spontaneously or extemporaneously”).

Related words

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