slump

IPA: sɫˈʌmp

noun

  • A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
  • (slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.
  • A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
  • (UK, dialect) A boggy place.
  • (Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
  • (Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
  • A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.

verb

  • (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
  • (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
  • (intransitive) To slouch or droop.
  • (transitive) To lump; to throw together messily.
  • To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
  • (transitive, slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.
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Examples of "slump" in Sentences

  • The assets of the company slumped rapidly.
  • It might be due to the slump in the economy.
  • Economic slump hits campus recruitment at Cochin varsity.
  • At the same time, the international price of cocoa slumped.
  • Mulroney really was the author of the Great Canadian Slump.
  • The company has recently come out of a slump in the industry.
  • The downturn was attributed to the slump in the housing sector.
  • The Directors attempted to stop the slump with transfer dealings.
  • Oddly, the songs following this slump are the best on the entire album.
  • Eventually the burning kiosk slumped against the exterior of the building.

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