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Definition of Slump

Slump To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. The gross amount; the mass; the lump. To lump; to throw into a mess. 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. A boggy place. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. Related Definitions: Amount, And, Anything, As, Bear, Bog, Boggy, By, Decline, Declining, Declivity, Earth, Enough, Fall, Falling, Frozen, Gross, Ground, Hole, Ice, In, Into, Is, Lump, Made, Mass, Mess, Miry, Motion, Noise, Not, Of, Off, On, Or, Partly, Perceptible, Person, Place, Rock, Said, Sink, Slide, Slip, Slump, Slumped, Snow, So, Soft, Stock, Strong, Sudden, Surface, Ten, That, Thawing, The, Through, Throw, To, Trade, Undergo, Walking, When

Slump Quotations My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. Hank Aaron Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. Kamisese Mara Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone. Laurence J. Peter Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting. Yogi Berra Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump. Christopher Morley

Slump Translations slump in French is baisse slump in German is Preissturz, plumpsen slump in Italian is crollo dei prezzi

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