Word Finder - slump

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

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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.

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A boggy place.

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

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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To collapse heavily or helplessly.

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Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.

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To decline or fall off in activity or performance.

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Real estate prices slumped during the recession.

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To slouch or droop.

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To lump; to throw together messily.

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

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(slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.

Edith seemed to slump down in her seat.

Jake watched her slump again and rubbed his mouth nervously.

We headed home tired but happy for a slump on the sofa.

This slump continued with the PS2/GameCube rivalry.

Of course, as we now know, the equity market suffered a marked slump.

And I wrote sci-fi for years when the market was in a slump...

It was a tremendous effort, but he managed it, and let himself slump back into the chair.

Green cosmetics retailer Body Shop yesterday made public the mistakes which left the company with a huge slump in profits.

The slump of the 1930s, followed by immersion in the war economy, had promoted a dirigiste turn of mind.

This is certainly not an indicator of a sophomore slump.

Following unification in Germany 15 years ago there was a definite economic boom followed by a slump.

This proved that Kanye was not suffering from a "sophomore slump."

Sales numbers began to slump in 2009, so Activision announced that it would release fewer SKUs in 2010.

You're experiencing the not-so-new-relationship slump.

Perhaps you were in a job slump, and while you were waiting to hear back from prospective employers, you killed time watching daily soap operas.

Often, the arrival of a new writing team is applauded, particularly if the show is suffering from a creative slump.

If there is a severe trough phase, then the slump is a depression.

Filling up on one as a snack can take away your afternoon slump and help you burn fat.

Likewise, a snack low in calories during the late afternoon helps avoid an afternoon slump.

However, Kelly made critics do a double take when she avoided the sophomore slump with her 2004 album, Breakaway.

The second album "Come Out Come Out" showed any rumors of a sophomore slump to be as false as a three dollar bill.

The post-war slump brought a last-ditch amalgamation of traction engine manufacturers including Burrell's.

We often stress for instance that boom and slump are not antithetical categories as crude GCSE textbooks proclaim.

A slump in grain prices combined with big increases in the price of luxury items put pressure on the lifestyle of the feudal aristocracy.

Dr. Chris Gibson-Smith, the service's outgoing chairman, believes the company has finally turned the corner following a major post-9/11 slump.

Recently I experienced a major hiccup which didn't become a slump.

A massive underwater land slump or partial subsidence suddenly left the highly pressurized magma chamber wide open.

However, this year's GCSE and A-level results showed an alarming slump in the number of students learning languages.

In the process, the French managed to destroy forests and other natural resources, and the result was a disastrous economic slump.

That was in contrast to the 0.4 per cent slump experienced elsewhere in the UK.

Why, then, do the Japanese collude with the ' slump ' idea, constantly bemoaning its own failures.

It only takes a slump or a sudden currency devaluation to bring back the pain of the 1980s.

Her move in 1986 coincided with a dramatic slump in the housing market, enabling her to purchase a large garden flat.

The economic slump of the early 1990s heralded an uncertain time for Japan.

Being nominated for a Grammy for their first album has caused many a musician to fall into the "sophomore slump", this is not the case for the Foos.

Due to the market slump, another Star Wars game was not released until 1991 with a platformer game for the NES and Game Boy.

Then there came a slump; probably the truth was rather that money was becoming less unnaturally abundant than that there was any over-supply of labour.

With the economy in a slump, there are plenty of commercials advertising affordable family trips, both to the magic kingdom and elsewhere.

It tastes great and can he give you a great jolt of energy in the afternoon when you're starting to feel the evening slump.