Thesaurus: slump

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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. n. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
6. n. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
7. n. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
8. v. assume a drooping posture or carriage
9. v. fall or sink heavily
10. v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
11. v. fall in value
12. The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.] To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton. 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. 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]