Slump

·noun A boggy place.

II. Slump ·noun The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

III. Slump ·vt To Lump; to throw into a mess.

IV. Slump ·noun The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.

V. Slump ·add. ·vi To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points.

VI. Slump ·add. ·noun A falling or declining, ·esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, ·etc.

VII. Slump ·add. ·vi To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible;

— said of masses of earth or rock.

VIII. Slump ·vi 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.