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Meaning of 'slump' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slump [ n.]
- The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
- A boggy place.
- The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
2 . Slump [ v. i.]
- To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
3 . Slump [ v. t.]
- To lump; to throw into a mess.

Meaning of 'slump' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slump [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
Example in sentence:
  • a drop-off in attendance;
  • a falloff in quality;
  • a gradual slack in output;
  • the team went into a slump
2 . slump [ v]
Meaning (2):
- fall or sink heavily
Example in sentence:
  • He slumped onto the couch;
  • My spirits sank
Meaning (3):
- go down in value
Example in sentence:
  • prices slumped;
  • Stock prices dropped;
  • the stock market corrected
Meaning (4):
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
Example in sentence:
  • The real estate market fell off

Nearby Words:

slub slubbed slubber slubberdegullion slubbered slubbering slubberingly slubbing sludge sludger

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