slump
to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
to assume a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture: Stand up straight and don't slump!
to decrease or fall suddenly and markedly, as prices or the market.
to decline or deteriorate, as health, business, quality, or efficiency.
to sink into a bog, muddy place, etc., or through ice or snow.
to sink heavily, as the spirits.
an act or instance of slumping.
a decrease, decline, or deterioration.
a period of decline or deterioration.
any mild recession in the economy as a whole or in a particular industry.
a period during which a person performs slowly, inefficiently, or ineffectively, especially a period during which an athlete or team fails to play or score as well as usual.
a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture, especially of the shoulders.
a landslide or rockslide.
the vertical subsidence of freshly mixed concrete that is a measure of consistency and stiffness.
New England Cooking. a dessert made with cooked fruit, especially apples or berries, topped with a thick layer of biscuit dough or crumbs.
Origin of slump
1Other words for slump
Other words from slump
- un·slumped, adjective
- un·slump·ing, adjective
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How to use slump in a sentence
And, yes, even Tesla can endure a strong slump, giving up tens of billions of dollars in market capitalization at the same time.
Stocks are selling off again, and SaaS shares are taking the biggest lumps | Alex Wilhelm | September 4, 2020 | TechCrunchThe decline came amid a broader slump in high-flying tech stocks that pushed the Nasdaq 100 to its worst one-day loss since March.
Over the past three days, Tesla’s stock has dropped 18% | Verne Kopytoff | September 3, 2020 | FortuneThe pandemic has pushed the global economy into what may be its deepest slump since the Great Depression.
Global trade is recovering faster from COVID-19 than it did from the 2008 crisis | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 1, 2020 | FortuneThe looming economic slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to worsen its woes.
India’s once squeaky-clean HDFC Bank is now facing “strategic failure” | Prathamesh Mulye | August 4, 2020 | QuartzThese weekly and daily data sets—known as high-frequency data—show that after recovering somewhat from the big slump earlier this year, economic activity has been flagging since the number of Covid-19 cases spiked in June.
The data to focus on instead of GDP to understand where the economy is going | Karen Ho | July 31, 2020 | Quartz
One of their first observations about daytime sleep was that the dreaded mid-afternoon slump is part of human nature.
As a result, reporting and public expectations suffered a dreadful, anti-climatic slump.
But if Pixar's going to slump, it's comforting that Disney is back to its old tricks.
‘Frozen’ Is the Best Disney Film Since ‘The Lion King’ | Kevin Fallon | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI have watched her posture slump with sadness when key legislative fights were lost in the New York and New Jersey legislatures.
Edie Windsor on Love, and More Scenes From a Gay Marriage | Steven Thrasher | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTKeynes famously said that ‘the boom, not the slump, is the time for austerity.’
Austerity’s Scottish Ghosts Haunt the Modern Economic Mind | Mark Blyth | May 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe may hit on a good place like this, one day, and the next time we try it we'll slump into a hole that'll raise the mischief.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonTwo days later the main body arrived, and Llanyglo experienced its first social slump.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsHe might just as well, he might much better, slump down in a sodden heap amid the rest of the jetsam.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellDimly Bart saw old Rugel slump forward, moaning softly; saw the old Lhari pillow his bald head on his veined arms.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyWe are always tempted to think a person who "slumps" physically may slump in other ways.
A Girl's Student Days and After | Jeannette Marks
British Dictionary definitions for slump (1 of 2)
/ (slʌmp) /
to sink or fall heavily and suddenly
to relax ungracefully
(of business activity, etc) to decline suddenly; collapse
(of health, interest, etc) to deteriorate or decline suddenly or markedly
(of soil or rock) to slip down a slope, esp a cliff, usually with a rotational movement
a sudden or marked decline or failure, as in progress or achievement; collapse
a decline in commercial activity, prices, etc
economics another word for depression
the act of slumping
a slipping of earth or rock; landslide
Origin of slump
1British Dictionary definitions for Slump (2 of 2)
/ (slʌmp) /
the Slump another name for the Depression
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