SLUMPS

Noun

slumps

plural of slump

Verb

slumps

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slump

Source: Wiktionary


SLUMP

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



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