slump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slump	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for slump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slump n a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" Synonym(s): slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment Synonym(s): depression, slump, economic crisis v assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: slump, slouch] fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" Synonym(s): slump, slide down, sink fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" Synonym(s): slump, fall off, sink go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" Synonym(s): decline, slump, correct
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slump \Slump\, v. i. 1. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. 2. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slump \Slump\, n. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slump \Slump\, v. t. [Cf. {Lump}; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.] To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slump \Slump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slumping}.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.] To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slump \Slump\, n. [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.] The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slump \Slump\, n. 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]