Slump

/slʌmp/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
2. (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
3. (intransitive) To slouch or droop.
4. (transitive) To lump; to throw together messily.
5. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
6. (transitive, slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.
7. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
8. Period of poor performance.

Example Sentences

Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.

“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”

Real estate prices slumped during the recession.

The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.

But in the week ending December 6, usage slumped from 72% of pre-pandemic numbers to just 56%, following revised advice that we should work from home again.

These different groups[…]are exclusively slumped together under that sense.

The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.

If she doesn't pull out of her slump, her job may be in jeopardy.

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Word Forms

• slumps
• slumping
• slumped

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