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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLUMP, v.i. To fall or sink suddenly into water or mud, when walking on a hard surface, as on ice or frozed ground, not strong enough to bear the person. [This legitimate word is in common and respectable use in New England, and its signification is so approriate that no onther word wil supply its place.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off]
2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: depression, slump, economic crisis] v
1: assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: slump, slouch]
2: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" [syn: slump, slide down, sink]
3: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: slump, fall off, sink]
4: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" [syn: decline, slump, correct]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: circa 1677 1. a. to fall or sink suddenly b. to drop or slide down suddenly ; collapse <slumped to the floor> 2. to assume a drooping posture or carriage ; slouch 3. to go into a slump <sales slumped> II. noun Date: 1887 1. a. a marked or sustained decline especially in economic activity or prices <a post-election slump> b. a period of poor or losing play by a team or individual <one spring I was in a batting slump — Ted Williams> 2. a downward slide of a mass of rock or land

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a sudden severe or prolonged fall in prices or values of commodities or securities. 2 a sharp or sudden decline in trade or business usu. bringing widespread unemployment. 3 a lessening of interest or commitment in a subject or undertaking. --v.intr. 1 undergo a slump; fail; fall in price. 2 sit or fall heavily or limply (slumped into a chair). 3 lean or subside. Etymology: 17th c., orig. 'sink in a bog': imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slump Slump, n. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slump Slump, v. i. 1. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. 2. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slump Slump, v. t. [Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.] To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slump Slump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.] 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. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. --Barrow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slump Slump, n. [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.] The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slump Slump, n. 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(slumps, slumping, slumped) 1. If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount. Net profits slumped by 41%... Government popularity in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level since the 1970s. VERB: V prep, V prep, also V • Slump is also a noun. ...a slump in property prices. N-COUNT: oft N in n 2. A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor. ...the slump of the early 1980s. = recession N-COUNT 3. If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill. She slumped into a chair... He saw the driver slumped over the wheel. VERB: V prep/adv, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Sink (as in walking on snow), fall through.

Moby Thesaurus

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