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slump
noun
1 slump
A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality:
— The team went into a slump.
synonyms: drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack.
Roget 306:
descent,
descension†,
declension,
declination;
fall;
falling
etc.
v.;
slump;
drop,
plunge,
plummet,
cadence;
subsidence,
collapse,
lapse;
downfall,
tumble,
slip,
tilt,
trip,
lurch;
cropper,
culbute†;
titubation†,
stumble;
fate of Icarus.
avalanche,
debacle,
landslip,
landslide.
declivity,
dip,
hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling]
rappel.
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2 slump
A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.
synonyms: depression, economic crisis.
Dutch: handelscrisis
Polish: faza depresji
verb
1 slump
Assume a drooping posture or carriage.
synonym: slouch.
2 slump
Fall or sink heavily:
— He slumped onto the couch.
synonyms: sink, slide down.
Roget 306:
descend;
go down,
drop down,
come down;
fall,
gravitate,
drop,
slip,
slide,
rappel,
settle;
plunge,
plummet,
crash;
decline,
set,
sink,
droop,
come down a peg;
slump.
dismount,
alight,
light,
get down;
swoop;
stoop
etc.
308;
fall prostrate,
precipitate oneself;
let fall
etc.
308.
tumble,
trip,
stumble,
titubate†,
lurch,
pitch,
swag,
topple,
topple over,
tumble over,
topple down,
tumble down;
tilt,
sprawl,
plump down,
come down a cropper.
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Dutch: schranken, uitzakken, verzakken
3 slump
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.
synonyms: fall off, sink.
Dutch: afbrokkelen, inzakken, zakken
4 slump
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