slump
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Is slump a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.Examples: "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.[…]”"Synonyms: plumpintransitive
2. (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.Examples: "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."intransitive
3. (intransitive) To slouch or droop.intransitive
4. (transitive) To lump; to throw together messily.Examples: "These different groups[…]are exclusively slumped together under that sense."transitive
5. (transitive, slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.slangtransitive
noun (English)
1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.Examples: "TOM. We haven't had sex with each other in five months. MICHAEL. We're in a slump, I know that.""broadlyslang
2. (geology) A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope.
3. (geology, loosely) A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.)Examples: "The biggest slump in the world - a mega-slump - is in the Russian taiga. Known as the Batagaika crater, it is a kilometre-long gash in the ground, about 70 metres deep, and growing[…]"broadly
4. (UK, dialect) A boggy place.Examples: "The road was all slumps of holes."; "It was neither seemly nor befitting that so great an occasion should have its solemnity defaced by leaping-poles or four hands crossed cradlewise to convey the bridal finery over “slump” or “quakkin'-qua[g]”!"UKdialectal
5. (Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.Scotland
6. (Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.Scotland
Definition source: Wiktionary