slum
(verb) spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one’s own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; “attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slumming
present participle of slum
slumming (plural slummings)
A period of associating with people or engaging in activities with a status below one's own.
Source: Wiktionary
Slum"ming, vb. n.
Definition: Visiting slums.
Slum, n. Etym: [CF. Slump, n.]
1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. Dickens.
2. pl. (Mining)
Definition: Same as Slimes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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