I. ˈsləmp verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slumpa to fall, fall upon, Danish slumpe to stumble, fall upon, chance upon; akin to Low German slump marsh, slime, Latin labi to slide, slip, fall — more at sleep
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to fall or sink suddenly
ice cracked and he slumped through
b. : to drop suddenly : fall in a heap : slide down : collapse
he slumped to the floor with hardly a murmur — Phoenix Flame
slipped on the parquet and slumped headlong — Richard Llewellyn
2. : to assume an awkwardly drooping posture or carriage
slumped onto the leather davenport — J.A.Michener
she walks slowly … slumping at the waist — Constance Walsh
3. : to fall off : decline , sag
begins to make a place for himself and then … suddenly slumps — Edmund Fuller
sales slump badly in certain territories — E.H.Shanks
4.
a. : to slip or settle down
rock or earth slumps in a landslide or above a rock that is undergoing solution
b. : to settle slightly and spread out
concrete or mortar will slump when the form is removed
transitive verb
: to cause a slump in (a market)
Synonyms: see fall
II. “, ˈslu̇mp noun
( -s )
Etymology: Low German, marsh, slime
dialect Britain : a marshy or boggy place
III. ˈsləmp noun
( -s )
Etymology: Low German; akin to Frisian slompe lump, slump, Dutch slomp
chiefly Scotland : a sizable group or quantity : lump , bulk
IV. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
chiefly Scotland : to classify or consider together : lump
slumping the … candidates together — Scots Magazine
V. noun
( -s )
Etymology: slump (I)
1.
a. : a marked decline or falling off (as in prices, activity, vigor) : drop , sag
a slump in theater attendance
fear a slump in the party vote
a period of moral slump — S.H.Adams
the normal seasonal slump in tuna deliveries — Wall Street Journal
b. : a sustained decline in economic activity or in prices : depression
a worldwide slump
a slump in the wheat market
the great waste of booms and slumps of the business cycle — Will Irwin
lost all his money in the slump — Dorothy Sayers
c. : a period of poor or losing play by a team or individual competitor in a sport : a losing streak
one spring I was in a batting slump — Ted Williams
came out of its scoring slump and won the consolation game — Ice Hockey Guide
2. : the number of inches that a mass of concrete settles after the removal of a cone-shaped metal form into which the fresh concrete has been placed in three layers — see slump test
3. : a fall or downward slide (as of earth or rock) : landslide
4. chiefly New England : a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on cooking fruit
apple slump
blueberry slump
— compare grunt 3