slump
Americanverb (used without object)
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to drop or fall heavily; collapse.
Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
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to assume a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture.
Stand up straight and don't slump!
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to decrease or fall suddenly and markedly, as prices or the market.
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to decline or deteriorate, as health, business, quality, or efficiency.
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to sink into a bog, muddy place, etc., or through ice or snow.
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to sink heavily, as the spirits.
noun
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an act or instance of slumping.
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a decrease, decline, or deterioration.
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a period of decline or deterioration.
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any mild recession in the economy as a whole or in a particular industry.
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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.
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a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture, especially of the shoulders.
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a landslide or rockslide.
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the vertical subsidence of freshly mixed concrete that is a measure of consistency and stiffness.
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New England Cooking. a dessert made with cooked fruit, especially apples or berries, topped with a thick layer of biscuit dough or crumbs.
verb
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to sink or fall heavily and suddenly
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to relax ungracefully
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(of business activity, etc) to decline suddenly; collapse
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(of health, interest, etc) to deteriorate or decline suddenly or markedly
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(of soil or rock) to slip down a slope, esp a cliff, usually with a rotational movement
noun
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a sudden or marked decline or failure, as in progress or achievement; collapse
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a decline in commercial activity, prices, etc
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economics another word for depression
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the act of slumping
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a slipping of earth or rock; landslide
noun
Other Word Forms
- unslumped adjective
- unslumping adjective
Etymology
Origin of slump
1670–80; originally, to sink into a bog or mud; perhaps imitative ( plump 2 )
Example Sentences
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Airlines stocks slumped as the conflict in the Middle East disrupted operations across the region, crippling travel through some of the world’s most crowded transit arteries.
Stocks slumped as the conflict in the Middle East crippled travel through some of the world’s most crowded transit arteries.
Moody lay on his side, eyes shut, slumped on the turf.
From BBC
For years, analysts have said officials need to do more to strengthen job-market prospects and the social safety net, and address the property slump to revive confidence and get households spending again.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had just been released from police custody when a haunted photo of him, slumped in the backseat of a car, suddenly dropped.
From BBC
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