0 a fire in a Dumpster (= a large metal container for waste):
Dumpster fires have become so commonplace that city firefighters stopped responding to them.
1 something that causes a lot of harm or that is dealt with or done very badly:
Usually, these types of arsonists set small brush fires or dumpster fires.
Trash in garbage cans or scattered in the street was set ablaze shortly after sundown, with firefighters responding to more than a half-dozen Dumpster fires.
Considering his involvement, it's surprising the movie isn't an unwatchable dumpster fire.
And with the benefit of complete hindsight, this eminent group of linguists and lexicographers looked back at the previous twelve months and chose dumpster fire.
Once on the scene, officers saw the dumpster fire had spread to the dock area of an adjacent building as well as a semi-trailer.
For many, 2016 was a billowing dumpster fire doused repeatedly with gasoline.
Of course, "dumpster fire" held meaning before it became.
