slumped
simple past tense and past participle of slump
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Source: Wiktionary
Slump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.]
Definition: The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]
Slump, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.]
Definition: To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.
Slump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.] Etym: [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
Definition: 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. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. Barrow.
Slump, n.
1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2024
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