Slump

Quick meaning: Slump is a verb meaning (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.

Meaning

(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.

Real estate prices slumped during the recession.

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

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

Word Forms

• slumps
• slumping
• slumped

Synonyms for slump

Depending on context, synonyms include plump, slack, slouch, sink, drop-off, fall off.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slouch, fall off, falloff, drop-off, slack, sink.

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