Slump

Word SLUMP
Character 5
Hyphenation slump
Pronunciations /slʌmp/

Definitions and meanings of "Slump"

What do we mean by slump?

To fall or sink heavily; collapse. intransitive verb

To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch. intransitive verb

To decline suddenly; fall off. intransitive verb

To perform poorly or inadequately. intransitive verb

To sink or settle, as into mud or slush. intransitive verb

To slide down or spread out thickly, as mud or fresh concrete. intransitive verb

The act or an instance of slumping. noun

A drooping or slouching posture. noun

A sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business. noun

An extended period of poor performance, especially in a sport or competitive activity. noun

To fall or sink suddenly when walking on a surface, as on ice or frozen ground, not strong enough to support one; walk with sinking feet; sink, as in snow or mud.

Hence, to fail or fall through ignominiously: often with through; as, the plan slumped through.

A gross amount; a block; lump: as, to buy or take things in the slump: also used attributively: as, a slump sum. noun

To throw or bring into a mass; regard as a mass or as a whole; lump.

A boggy place; soft, swampy ground; a marsh; a swamp. noun

The noise made by anything falling into a hole or slump. noun

The act of slumping through weak ice or any frozen surface, or into melting snow or slush. noun

A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

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.

A boggy place.

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

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Slump

The word "slump" in example sentences

Yet, for all its simplicity, the insight that a slump is about an excess demand for money makes nonsense of the whole hangover theory. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kidd said the slump is a little frustrating because he feels he is getting good looks and taking good shots but the ball isn't going in. ❋ Unknown (2004)

If they lose that incentive there might be a short term slump as inventories are drawn down. ❋ Peter J Reilly (2011)

London, said the global financial crisis had also resulted in falling expenditure, lack of credit and rising unemployment causing what it described as a slump in confidence and demand in the travel and tourism industry. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One reason securitization remains in a slump is because private bond investors remain wary after getting burned on CDOs and because of the dispute with banks over allegedly faulty underwriting standards during the mortgage boom. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

A recent story about how the car sales slump is affecting Japanese automakers had different mileage figures. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The economic slump is prompting meeting planners around the country to work overtime to find ... more ❋ Unknown (2010)

The closest 19th-century parallel I can find to the current slump is the recession that followed the Panic of 1873. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sentiment in the financial community in Germany drops again as a slump is expected, reports Commerzbank. ❋ Irwin Stelzer (2010)

Delhomme threw two more interceptions, including a pick-six to Terence Newman that decided the outcome — one that Panthers receiver Steve Smith insists was his fault for breaking off the route — and suggests that his slump is hardly over. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The dollar's slump is opening new foreign sales opportunities for U.S. manufacturers, but also making them worry about currency volatility. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Williams, mired in a shooting slump from the field, then made his two free throws as the Cavs, who are a league-best 33-4 at home, finally put away the Bucks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Moreover, that slump is part of the necessary healing process: The excess capacity gets worked off, prices and wages fall from their excessive boom levels, and only then is the economy ready to recover. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Meanwhile, the slump is reducing health care spending by businesses and by state and local government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The housing Price-to-Rent ratio still looks to be significantly out of whack which would tend to indicate that the housing slump is likely to continue for the forseeable future. ❋ Xtra (2008)

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