slump

Meaning

Verb

1. To collapse heavily or helplessly.
2. To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
3. To slouch or droop.
4. 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. (slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.

Noun

1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
2. (slang) A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
3. A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
4. A boggy place.
5. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
6. The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
7. A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.

Synonyms

collapse

depression

fall

recession

decline

sink

sag

tumble

crash

drop

slouch

fall off

slumping

subside

economic crisis

falling off

correct

flop

drop-off

go down

slack

downturn

topple

slip

falloff

slide down

fall down

fall in

fall in prices

give out

implode

lump

meltdown

non-event

prostration

ruination

slam

slide

sliding

slipping

slowdown

snap

spill

stagnation

submerge

submerse

subsidence

become bent

wane

weaken

wilt

bad condition

club together

decadency

out of form

plump down

sharp fall

sharp drop

not to work out

heavy fall

bearish tone

crack

sink back

downslide

economic depression

flame-out

sliding motion

business depression

inflationary recession

sliding movement

cave-in collapse

abatement

steep fall

bear market

break

breakdown

break down

break-off

bust

cave

collapsed

creep

crisis

debacle

decadence

decrease

degradation

depreciation

dip

disagreement

disorder

downer

downfall

downswing

droop

dullness

easy

failure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slʌmp/

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”).