(n) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality, Syn.drop-off, falloff, slack, falling off, Example: the team went into a slump; a gradual slack in output; a drop-off in attendance; a falloff in quality
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. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
3. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. 1. A boggy place. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in stock market prices, in a batter's average, etc. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]
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