Definition of slump

noun (n)

• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality (noun.process)

  Synonym: drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack
  

  Example:
  The team went into a slump.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment (noun.state)

  Synonym: depression, economic crisis
  

  source: wordnet30
• The gross amount; the mass; the lump. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A boggy place. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• assume a drooping posture or carriage (verb.motion)

  Synonym: slouch
  

  source: wordnet30
• fall or sink heavily (verb.motion)

  Synonym: sink, slide down
  

  Example:
  He slumped onto the couch.
  

  source: wordnet30
• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly (verb.change)

  Synonym: fall off, sink
  

  source: wordnet30
• go down in value (verb.motion)

  Synonym: correct, decline, drop
  

  Example:
  Prices slumped.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To lump; to throw into a mess. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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