slump

[ sluhmp ]

/ slʌmp /

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verb (used without object)

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.

noun

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 Cookery. a dessert made with cooked fruit, especially apples or berries, topped with a thick layer of biscuit dough or crumbs.

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Origin of slump

1670–80; orig., to sink into a bog or mud; perhaps imitative (cf. plump²)

SYNONYMS FOR slump

8. lapse, reverse, setback.

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Related formsun·slumped, adjectiveun·slump·ing, adjective

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He then slumped to the floor, to the amazement of his audience, having departed this plane of earthly existence.
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Then, the infamous “47 percent” video hits, and we cut to Romney slumped in a chair, holding his head in his hands.
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Its stock has slumped over the past year, off by nearly one third.
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Many of those left behind lay sprawled motionless on blankets or slumped limply in their folding chairs.
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Without a sound, the Rogan slumped to the ground, a smoking cavity in its shoulders at the spot where its head had been set.
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He stumbled along to a corner of the wareroom where he slumped on a keg of nails.
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He slumped down upon the bench beside me and helped himself to beans.
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The boy, on the other screen, slumped back in his chair, his face relaxing into its customary expression of vacancy.
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Wallie had slumped to the floor and sat there completely beaten and wearing a dazed, bewildered expression.
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British Dictionary definitions for slumped

slump

/ (slʌmp) /

verb (intr)

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

noun

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

Word Origin for slump

C17: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Low German slump bog, Norwegian slumpa to fall

Slump

/ (slʌmp) /

noun

the Slump another name for the Depression

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Word Origin and History for slumped

slump

1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping.

The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]

Economic sense from 1888.

slump

"act of slumping, slumping movement," 1850; "heavy decline in prices on the stock exchange," 1888, from slump (v.). Generalized by 1922 to "sharp decline in trade or business."

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