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Meaning of 'slum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slum [ n.]
- A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
- Same as Slimes.

Meaning of 'slum' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slum [ v]
Meaning (1):
- spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
Example in sentence:
  • attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century

Nearby Words:

slub slubbed slubber slubberdegullion slubbered slubbering slubberingly slubbing sludge sludger

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