Slump
Definition of Slump
| n. | 1. | The gross amount; the mass; the lump. | | v. t. | 1. | To lump; to throw into a mess. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; - said of masses of earth or rock. | | 3. | To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. | | n. | 1. | A boggy place. | | 2. | The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. | | 3. | A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in stock market prices, in a batter's average, etc. |
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