Slump

[slʌmp]

Definition

(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'.

(verb.) fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; 'The real estate market fell off'.

(verb.) fall or sink heavily; 'He slumped onto the couch'; 'My spirits sank'.

(verb.) assume a drooping posture or carriage.

Checked by Abram--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

(v. t.) To lump; to throw into a mess.

(v. i.) 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.

(n.) A boggy place.

(n.) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.

Typed by Avery

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Sink (as in walking on snow).

Typed by Billie

Definition

v.i. to fall or sink suddenly into water or mud: to fail or fall through helplessly.—n. a boggy place: the act of sinking into slush &c. also the sound so made: a sudden fall or failure.—adj. Slump′y marshy.

v.t. to throw into a lump or mass to lump.—n. a gross amount a lump.—n. Slump′-work work in the lump.

Editor: Woodrow