'Slump' definitions:
Definition of 'slump'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: depression, slump, economic crisis]
verb
Assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: slump, slouch]
verb
Fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" [syn: slump, slide down, sink]
verb
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: slump, fall off, sink]
verb
Definition of 'Slump'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Slump'
From: GCIDE
- Slump \Slump\, n.
- 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Definition of 'Slump'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slump'
From: GCIDE
- Slump \Slump\, v. t. [Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.] To lump; to throw into a mess. [1913 Webster]
- These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slump'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrear,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- bad times,
- be found wanting,
- bear market,
- bearish market,
- beat down,
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- break,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- cadence,
- catabasis,
- catenary,
- cave,
- cave in,
- cheapen,
- cheapening,
- collapse,
- come short,
- comedown,
- cooling off,
- crash,
- crisis,
- cut,
- cut prices,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- declining market,
- decrescendo,
- decurrence,
- defalcation,
- default,
- defectiveness,
- deficit,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- delinquency,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- derogation,
- descend,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- devaluate,
- devaluation,
- devolution,
- die,
- diminuendo,
- dip,
- dive,
- downslide,
- downswing,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- droop,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebb,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- economic stagnation,
- effeteness,
- evil day,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- fade,
- fading,
- fail,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall in price,
- fall off,
- fall short,
- falling short,
- falling-off,
- falloff,
- flag,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flump,
- flump down,
- founder,
- give way,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go off,
- growth,
- hard times,
- heavy weather,
- high growth rate,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- inferiority,
- insufficiency,
- involution,
- jew down,
- keel over,
- lack,
- lag,
- lapse,
- lose ground,
- loss of tone,
- low,
- lower,
- lowering,
- mark down,
- markdown,
- market expansion,
- nose dive,
- nose-dive,
- nosedive,
- not answer,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- not make out,
- not measure up,
- not stretch,
- not suffice,
- off market,
- pare,
- peak,
- peaking,
- pitch,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plump,
- plunge,
- price cut,
- price fall,
- price reduction,
- prosperity,
- rainy day,
- reach the depths,
- recede,
- recession,
- recovery,
- reduce,
- reduction,
- regression,
- remission,
- retreat,
- retreating market,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- run down,
- run short,
- sad times,
- sag,
- sagging market,
- set,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shave,
- short measure,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- shortfall,
- sink,
- sink down,
- sinkage,
- slash,
- slide,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slouch,
- slowdown,
- slump down,
- smash,
- soft market,
- stagnation,
- stop short,
- stormy weather,
- submerge,
- submergence,
- subside,
- subsidence,
- swag,
- tailspin,
- topple,
- touch bottom,
- trim,
- trough,
- tumble,
- underage,
- upturn,
- wane,
- want