I. ˈsləm noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1825
: a densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization
II. intransitive verb
( slummed ; slum·ming )
Date: 1884
: to visit slums especially out of curiosity ; broadly : to go somewhere or do something that might be considered beneath one's station — sometimes used with it
slumming it in budget hotels
• slum·mer noun