'Slumping' definitions:
Definition of 'Slumping'
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.]