Associations to the word «Slump»

SLUMP, verb. (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.

SLUMP, verb. (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.

SLUMP, verb. (intransitive) To slouch or droop.

SLUMP, verb. (transitive) To lump; to throw together messily.

SLUMP, verb. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.

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

SLUMP, noun. (Scotland) (UK) (dialect) A boggy place.

SLUMP, noun. (Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.

SLUMP, noun. (Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

SLUMP, noun. 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".

SLUMP, noun. A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.

SLUMP, verb. Assume a drooping posture or carriage.

SLUMP, verb. Fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank".

SLUMP, verb. Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off".

SLUMP, verb. Go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped".