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Definition of 'slump'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) slump
to fall heavily; collapse.

2.  slump
to assume a slouching or bent position or posture.

3.  slump
to decrease suddenly and markedly, as prices or the market.

4.  slump
to decline, as health, business, or efficiency.

5.  slump
to sink heavily, as the spirits.

6. (n.) slump
an act or instance of slumping.

7.  slump
a decrease or decline.

8.  slump
a period of decline or deterioration.

9.  slump
a mild recession in the economy or in a particular industry.

10.  slump
a period during which a person performs ineffectively, esp. a period when an athlete or team fails to play as well as usual.

11.  slump
a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture.

Etymology: (1670–80; orig., to sink into a bog or mud; perh. imit.)

Definition of 'slump'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off
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"

2. (verb) depression, slump, economic crisis
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

3. (verb) slump, slouch
assume a drooping posture or carriage

4. (verb) slump, slide down, sink
fall or sink heavily
"He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

5. (verb) slump, fall off, sink
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
"The real estate market fell off"

6. (verb) decline, slump, correct
go down in value
"the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

Definition of 'slump'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) slump
to decrease in value, amount, or level
The stock market slumped.; slumping profits

2. slump
to fall forward heavily
She slumped unconscious in her chair.

3. (noun) slump
a sudden drop in value, amount, or level
a major slump in sales

4. slump
a time when business or an economy is not doing well
Business has been in a slump since last year.

Definition of 'slump'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) slump
the gross amount; the mass; the lump

2. (noun) slump
a boggy place

3. (noun) slump
the noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place

4. (verb) slump
to lump; to throw into a mess

5. (verb) slump
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

Translation of 'slump'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fall or sink suddenly and heavily He slumped wearily into a chair.
Afrikaans: val, sink	Arabic: يَسْقُط، يَتَهاوى	Bulgarian: свличам се
Brazilian: afundar-se	Czech: sklesnout	German: plumpsen
Danish: dumpe ned	Greek: σωριάζομαι, βυθίζομαι ξαφ	Spanish: bajar/caer en picado, cae
Estonian: (raskelt) vajuma	Farsi: ناگهان سقوط كردن	Finnish: lysähtää
French: s'effondrer	Hebrew: לִיפּוֹל בִּכבֵדוּת	Hindi: मंद पड़ना
Croatian: teško se spustiti	Hungarian: lerogy	Indonesian: mengelumpruk
Icelandic: hlamma sér; hlunkast niðu	Italian: abbandonarsi, lasciarsi c	Japanese: どしんと落ちる
Korean: 무너지듯이 앉다	Lithuanian: (su)dribti, (su)smukti	Latvian: nogāzties; sabrukt; iezve
Malay: rebah	Dutch: zich laten vallen	Norwegian: falle/synke plutselig
Polish: opaść	Persian: ناگهان سقوط كردن	Pashto: ډډاوښتل، خوروورپرېوتل، خو
Portuguese: afundar-se	Romanian: a se prăbuşi, a cădea bru	Russian: тяжело опускаться
Slovak: klesnúť	Slovenian: zrušiti se	Serbian: iznenada pasti
Swedish: sjunka ner, falla ihop	Thai: ทรุดตัวลง	Turkish: çökmek, yığılıp kalmak
Taiwanese: (突然或沈重地)倒下，陷落	Ukrainian: важко опускатися	Urdu: ڈھبنا، ڈھب سے بیٹھنا
Vietnamese: sụp xuống	Chinese: 沉重或突然地落下（倒下）
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