fly-tipping

See also: flytipping

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

fly-tipping (uncountable)

  1. The illegal dumping of rubbish on unauthorised sites.
    • 2021 June 16, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern: Hartlepool”, in RAIL, number 933, page 26:
      Ten tonnes of rubbish have been removed by Network Rail from a trackside fly-tipping hotspot north of the station.

Verb

fly-tipping

  1. present participle and gerund of fly-tip
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