"slump" meaning in English

See slump in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /slʌmp/ Audio: En-au-slump.ogg Forms: slumps [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|da|slumpe||to stumble upon by chance}} Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), {{cog|no|slumpe||happen by chance}} Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), {{cog|sv|slumpa||to sell off}} Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”), {{cog|de|schlumpen||to trail; draggle; be sloppy}} German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), {{cog|nl|slompen|t=to walk clumsily}} Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slump (plural slumps)
  1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-9FwBujLf
  2. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
    (slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.
    Tags: broadly, slang
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-hy1loRo- Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 14 5 8 5 5 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 2 14 4 8 5 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17
  3. 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. Translations (measure of the fluidity of fresh concrete): Ausbreitmaß [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-io2KDu6W Disambiguation of 'measure of the fluidity of fresh concrete': 3 5 72 4 3 1 3 3 5
  4. (geology) A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-MXduABtj Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  5. (geology, loosely) A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.) Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-~vh0mMtz Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  6. (UK, dialect) A boggy place. Tags: UK, dialectal Translations (a boggy place): Morast [masculine] (German), топь (topʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-Ta92Pn0K Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'a boggy place': 0 0 0 0 1 94 4 0 0
  7. (Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. Tags: Scotland Translations (noise made by anything falling into a soft, miry place): Plumps [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-rUK3Sx7k Categories (other): Scottish English, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 17 1 20 Disambiguation of 'noise made by anything falling into a soft, miry place': 1 10 4 10 4 4 59 6 2
  8. (Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-rP~i1w9k Categories (other): Scottish English
  9. A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove. Categories (topical): Desserts
    Sense id: en-slump-en-noun-Hy278vjQ Disambiguation of Desserts: 2 8 4 9 4 2 9 5 23 1 3 2 9 1 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sophomore slump, slumplike Translations (helpless collapse): depressió [masculine] (Catalan), 低潮状态 (Chinese Mandarin), 消沉 (xiāochén) (Chinese Mandarin), 萎靡 (Chinese Mandarin), rojahdus (Finnish), romahdus (Finnish), lysähdys (Finnish), lama (english: economic depression) (Finnish), Zusammenbruch [masculine] (German), Zusammenfall [masculine] (German), Kollaps [masculine] (German), crollo [masculine] (Italian), депрессия (depressija) [feminine] (Russian), хандра (xandra) [feminine] (Russian), bajón [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'helpless collapse': 41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2

Verb

IPA: /slʌmp/ Audio: En-au-slump.ogg Forms: slumps [present, singular, third-person], slumping [participle, present], slumped [participle, past], slumped [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|da|slumpe||to stumble upon by chance}} Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), {{cog|no|slumpe||happen by chance}} Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), {{cog|sv|slumpa||to sell off}} Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”), {{cog|de|schlumpen||to trail; draggle; be sloppy}} German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), {{cog|nl|slompen|t=to walk clumsily}} Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} slump (third-person singular simple present slumps, present participle slumping, simple past and past participle slumped)
  1. (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly. Tags: intransitive Translations (to collapse heavily): рухвам (ruhvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), рухна (ruhna) [perfective] (Bulgarian), свличам (svličam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), свлека (svleka) [perfective] (Bulgarian), romahtaa (Finnish), rojahtaa (Finnish), lysähtää (Finnish), s’affaler (French), s’effondrer (French), absinken (German), zusammensacken (German), zusammenbrechen (German), roskad (Hungarian), leroskad (Hungarian), rogy (Hungarian), lerogy (Hungarian), crollare (Italian), horopū (note: of the earth on a slope) (Maori), hapuru (Maori), upadać (Polish), despencar (Portuguese), оседа́ть (osedátʹ) (Russian), рухнуть (ruxnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), srozati se (Serbo-Croatian), desfallecer (Spanish), desplomarse (Spanish), göçmek (Turkish), звалитися (zvalytysja) (Ukrainian), падати (padaty) (alt: різко) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-slump-en-verb-ctPJ-8Id Disambiguation of 'to collapse heavily': 57 4 4 4 2 29
  2. (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance. Tags: intransitive Translations (to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity): nagyot esik/zuhan (Hungarian), bezuhan (Hungarian), megzuhan (Hungarian), tūpou (Maori), makere (Maori)
    Sense id: en-slump-en-verb-8q5p8dnY Disambiguation of 'to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity': 4 72 4 4 6 9
  3. (intransitive) To slouch or droop. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-slump-en-verb-Ejrg~AEL
  4. (transitive) To lump; to throw together messily. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-slump-en-verb-CLRW~BWN Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 9 4 9 7 2 13 10 2 2 2 2 20 1 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 14 5 8 5 5 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 17 1 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 2 14 4 8 5 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17
  5. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
    Sense id: en-slump-en-verb-wJU0032a
  6. (transitive, slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill. Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Wetlands
    Sense id: en-slump-en-verb-9HLz9z8r Disambiguation of Wetlands: 3 10 4 12 6 3 10 6 3 2 3 3 11 2 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 4 13 5 3 12 6 3 2 1 2 13 1 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 10 4 12 5 6 11 6 5 3 2 3 11 1 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 8 4 8 3 2 9 5 1 1 2 1 9 1 14 1 11 2 16 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 3 10 3 1 10 5 1 1 1 1 10 0 15 1 14 1 13 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 9 5 8 6 6 10 7 4 2 2 4 13 2 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 8 5 9 6 6 11 9 4 1 2 4 14 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 9 5 9 5 6 10 8 4 1 3 4 14 1 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 9 5 9 6 3 12 8 2 2 3 2 13 2 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 3 2 3 3 13 2 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 12 4 9 6 5 8 6 5 4 2 6 11 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 10 4 10 7 3 12 7 2 2 3 2 15 1 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 8 4 11 7 9 10 6 4 2 2 3 11 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 2 9 5 9 5 6 11 8 4 1 3 4 14 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 8 5 8 6 6 10 7 4 2 3 4 14 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 14 5 8 5 5 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 17 1 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 2 14 4 8 5 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 10 4 11 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 14 1 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 9 5 9 5 6 11 8 4 1 2 4 14 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 2 9 5 9 5 6 11 8 4 1 3 4 14 1 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: slump down

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slump down"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stumble upon by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "happen by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "slumpa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sell off"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlumpen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to trail; draggle; be sloppy"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slompen",
        "t": "to walk clumsily"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slumps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slumping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slumped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slumped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "slump (third-person singular simple present slumps, present participle slumping, simple past and past participle slumped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To collapse heavily or helplessly."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-verb-ctPJ-8Id",
      "links": [
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "heavily",
          "heavily"
        ],
        [
          "helplessly",
          "helplessly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ruhvam",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "рухвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ruhna",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "рухна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svličam",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "свличам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svleka",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "свлека"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "romahtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "rojahtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "lysähtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "s’affaler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "s’effondrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "absinken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "zusammensacken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "zusammenbrechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "roskad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "leroskad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "rogy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "lerogy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "crollare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of the earth on a slope",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "horopū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "hapuru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "upadać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "despencar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osedátʹ",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "оседа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ruxnutʹ",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "рухнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "srozati se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "desfallecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "desplomarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "göçmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvalytysja",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "звалитися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 4 4 4 2 29",
          "alt": "різко",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "padaty",
          "sense": "to collapse heavily",
          "word": "падати"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Real estate prices slumped during the recession.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:",
          "text": "But in the week ending December 6, usage slumped from 72% of pre-pandemic numbers to just 56%, following revised advice that we should work from home again.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline or fall off in activity or performance."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-verb-8q5p8dnY",
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "fall off",
          "fall off"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 72 4 4 6 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
          "word": "nagyot esik/zuhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 72 4 4 6 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
          "word": "bezuhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 72 4 4 6 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
          "word": "megzuhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 72 4 4 6 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
          "word": "tūpou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 72 4 4 6 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
          "word": "makere"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To slouch or droop."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-verb-Ejrg~AEL",
      "links": [
        [
          "slouch",
          "slouch"
        ],
        [
          "droop",
          "droop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To slouch or droop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 4 9 7 2 13 10 2 2 2 2 20 1 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 14 5 8 5 5 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 17 1 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 14 4 8 5 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:",
          "text": "These different groups[…]are exclusively slumped together under that sense.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lump; to throw together messily."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-verb-CLRW~BWN",
      "links": [
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lump; to throw together messily."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-verb-wJU0032a"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 12 4 13 5 3 12 6 3 2 1 2 13 1 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 10 4 12 5 6 11 6 5 3 2 3 11 1 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 8 4 8 3 2 9 5 1 1 2 1 9 1 14 1 11 2 16 0 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 3 10 3 1 10 5 1 1 1 1 10 0 15 1 14 1 13 0 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 5 8 6 6 10 7 4 2 2 4 13 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 5 9 6 6 11 9 4 1 2 4 14 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 5 9 5 6 10 8 4 1 3 4 14 1 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 5 9 6 3 12 8 2 2 3 2 13 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 3 2 3 3 13 2 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 4 9 6 5 8 6 5 4 2 6 11 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 4 10 7 3 12 7 2 2 3 2 15 1 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 4 11 7 9 10 6 4 2 2 3 11 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 5 9 5 6 11 8 4 1 3 4 14 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 5 8 6 6 10 7 4 2 3 4 14 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 14 5 8 5 5 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 17 1 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 14 4 8 5 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 4 11 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 14 1 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 5 9 5 6 11 8 4 1 2 4 14 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 5 9 5 6 11 8 4 1 3 4 14 1 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 10 4 12 6 3 10 6 3 2 3 3 11 2 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Wetlands",
          "orig": "en:Wetlands",
          "parents": [
            "Water",
            "Liquids",
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-verb-9HLz9z8r",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slʌmp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-slump.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg/En-au-slump.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slump"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sophomore slump"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slumplike"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stumble upon by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "happen by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "slumpa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sell off"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlumpen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to trail; draggle; be sloppy"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slompen",
        "t": "to walk clumsily"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slumps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "slump (plural slumps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-9FwBujLf",
      "links": [
        [
          "posture",
          "posture"
        ],
        [
          "extended",
          "extended"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 14 5 8 5 5 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 14 4 8 5 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 13 1 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jonathan Tolins, The Last Sunday in June:",
          "text": "TOM. We haven't had sex with each other in five months.\nMICHAEL. We're in a slump, I know that.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.",
        "A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-hy1loRo-",
      "links": [
        [
          "posture",
          "posture"
        ],
        [
          "extended",
          "extended"
        ],
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ],
        [
          "dating",
          "date"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.",
        "(slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-io2KDu6W",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 72 4 3 1 3 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "measure of the fluidity of fresh concrete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ausbreitmaß"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "en:Geology",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-MXduABtj",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "mass wasting",
          "mass wasting"
        ],
        [
          "coherent",
          "coherent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "en:Geology",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 8, Mark Brownlow, Elizabeth White, Frozen Planet II, Random House, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The biggest slump in the world - a mega-slump - is in the Russian taiga. Known as the Batagaika crater, it is a kilometre-long gash in the ground, about 70 metres deep, and growing[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-~vh0mMtz",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "slumps",
          "slump#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "megaslump",
          "megaslump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology, loosely) A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, William Hugh Patterson, A Glossary of Words in Use in the Counties of Antrim and Down:",
          "text": "The road was all slumps of holes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Rose of the Wilderness, page 165:",
          "text": "It was neither seemly nor befitting that so great an occasion should have its solemnity defaced by leaping-poles or four hands crossed cradlewise to convey the bridal finery over “slump” or “quakkin'-qua[g]”!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A boggy place."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-Ta92Pn0K",
      "links": [
        [
          "boggy",
          "boggy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect) A boggy place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 1 94 4 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a boggy place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Morast"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 1 94 4 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "topʹ",
          "sense": "a boggy place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "топь"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 4 10 6 3 12 8 2 1 3 2 17 1 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-rUK3Sx7k",
      "links": [
        [
          "miry",
          "miry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 4 10 4 4 59 6 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noise made by anything falling into a soft, miry place",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Plumps"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The gross amount; the mass; the lump."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-rP~i1w9k",
      "links": [
        [
          "gross",
          "gross"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 4 9 4 2 9 5 23 1 3 2 9 1 18",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Desserts",
          "orig": "en:Desserts",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a blackberry slump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove."
      ],
      "id": "en-slump-en-noun-Hy278vjQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cobbler",
          "cobbler"
        ],
        [
          "dessert",
          "dessert"
        ],
        [
          "stove",
          "stove"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slʌmp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-slump.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg/En-au-slump.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "depressió"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "低潮状态"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāochén",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "消沉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "萎靡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "rojahdus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "romahdus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "lysähdys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "economic depression",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "lama"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammenbruch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammenfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kollaps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crollo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "depressija",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "депрессия"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xandra",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хандра"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 41 2 4 4 1 3 2 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajón"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slump"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmp",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmp/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Desserts",
    "en:Wetlands"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "slump down"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stumble upon by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "happen by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "slumpa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sell off"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlumpen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to trail; draggle; be sloppy"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slompen",
        "t": "to walk clumsily"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slumps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slumping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slumped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slumped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "slump (third-person singular simple present slumps, present participle slumping, simple past and past participle slumped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To collapse heavily or helplessly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "heavily",
          "heavily"
        ],
        [
          "helplessly",
          "helplessly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Real estate prices slumped during the recession.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:",
          "text": "But in the week ending December 6, usage slumped from 72% of pre-pandemic numbers to just 56%, following revised advice that we should work from home again.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decline or fall off in activity or performance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "fall off",
          "fall off"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To slouch or droop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slouch",
          "slouch"
        ],
        [
          "droop",
          "droop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To slouch or droop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:",
          "text": "These different groups[…]are exclusively slumped together under that sense.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lump; to throw together messily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lump; to throw together messily."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slʌmp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-slump.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg/En-au-slump.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ruhvam",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "рухвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ruhna",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "рухна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svličam",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "свличам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svleka",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "свлека"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "romahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "rojahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "lysähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "s’affaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "s’effondrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "absinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "zusammensacken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "zusammenbrechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "roskad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "leroskad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "rogy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "lerogy"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "crollare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of the earth on a slope",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "horopū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "hapuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "upadać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "despencar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osedátʹ",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "оседа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ruxnutʹ",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "рухнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "srozati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "desfallecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "desplomarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "göçmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvalytysja",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "звалитися"
    },
    {
      "alt": "різко",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "padaty",
      "sense": "to collapse heavily",
      "word": "падати"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
      "word": "nagyot esik/zuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
      "word": "bezuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
      "word": "megzuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
      "word": "tūpou"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to decline, to reduce, to fall off in performance or activity",
      "word": "makere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slump"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmp",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmp/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Desserts",
    "en:Wetlands"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sophomore slump"
    },
    {
      "word": "slumplike"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stumble upon by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "slumpe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "happen by chance"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "slumpa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sell off"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlumpen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to trail; draggle; be sloppy"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slompen",
        "t": "to walk clumsily"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slumps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "slump (plural slumps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "posture",
          "posture"
        ],
        [
          "extended",
          "extended"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jonathan Tolins, The Last Sunday in June:",
          "text": "TOM. We haven't had sex with each other in five months.\nMICHAEL. We're in a slump, I know that.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.",
        "A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "posture",
          "posture"
        ],
        [
          "extended",
          "extended"
        ],
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ],
        [
          "dating",
          "date"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.",
        "(slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Geology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "mass wasting",
          "mass wasting"
        ],
        [
          "coherent",
          "coherent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Geology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 8, Mark Brownlow, Elizabeth White, Frozen Planet II, Random House, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The biggest slump in the world - a mega-slump - is in the Russian taiga. Known as the Batagaika crater, it is a kilometre-long gash in the ground, about 70 metres deep, and growing[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "slumps",
          "slump#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "megaslump",
          "megaslump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology, loosely) A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, William Hugh Patterson, A Glossary of Words in Use in the Counties of Antrim and Down:",
          "text": "The road was all slumps of holes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Rose of the Wilderness, page 165:",
          "text": "It was neither seemly nor befitting that so great an occasion should have its solemnity defaced by leaping-poles or four hands crossed cradlewise to convey the bridal finery over “slump” or “quakkin'-qua[g]”!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A boggy place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boggy",
          "boggy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect) A boggy place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miry",
          "miry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The gross amount; the mass; the lump."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gross",
          "gross"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a blackberry slump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cobbler",
          "cobbler"
        ],
        [
          "dessert",
          "dessert"
        ],
        [
          "stove",
          "stove"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slʌmp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-slump.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg/En-au-slump.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-slump.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "depressió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "低潮状态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāochén",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "消沉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "萎靡"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "rojahdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "romahdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "lysähdys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "economic depression",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "word": "lama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammenbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammenfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kollaps"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "depressija",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "депрессия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xandra",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хандра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "helpless collapse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajón"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measure of the fluidity of fresh concrete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ausbreitmaß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a boggy place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Morast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "topʹ",
      "sense": "a boggy place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "топь"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noise made by anything falling into a soft, miry place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Plumps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slump"
}

Download raw JSONL data for slump meaning in English (18.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (f889f65 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.