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Definition of Slump
1. Noun. A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. "A falloff in quality"
Generic synonyms: Declension, Decline In Quality, Deterioration, Worsening
Derivative terms: Drop Off, Fall Off, Fall Off, Slack, Slack, Slack
2. Verb. Assume a drooping posture or carriage. "There slump some children in the rocking chair"
3. Noun. A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.
Generic synonyms: Crisis, Economic Condition
Specialized synonyms: Great Depression
4. Verb. Fall or sink heavily. ; "My spirits sank"
Generic synonyms: Break, Cave In, Collapse, Fall In, Founder, Give, Give Way
5. Verb. Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly. "The stock market is going to slump "; "The real estate market fell off"
Generic synonyms: Drop
Related verbs: Drop, Drop Down, Sink
Derivative terms: Falloff
6. Verb. Go down in value. "Prices slumped"
Definition of Slump
1. n. The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
2. v. t. To lump; to throw into a mess.
3. 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.
4. n. A boggy place.
5. v. i. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.
6. n. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc.
Definition of Slump
1. Verb. (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To slouch or droop. ¹
4. Noun. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slump
1. to fall or sink suddenly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slump
Literary usage of Slump
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Cross references: see Note. deplorable: lamentable. depreciation, n. decline,
fall, drop; spec. slump (slang or cant), tumble. ..."
2. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"... wage-workers.3 The years 1914 and 1915 were marked by a definite slump in the
fortunes of the IWW followed in 1916 by a noticeable increase of activity. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"Kr.] A female host ; a woman that gives entertainment. slump. tainment. Temple.
HO'STESS-SHIP. nt The character of an A woman that keeps a house of publick ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"lurn or slump, he inserts the verb slump, which he defines as “ to slip or fall
plump down into any wet or dirty place “ (DWt., ed. sixteenth, Lond., 1755). ..."
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