slump
/slʌmp/ verb C1- To collapse heavily or helplessly. · Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.
- To decline or fall off in activity or performance. · Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
- To slouch or droop.
- To lump; to throw together messily.
- To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
- To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.
He/she/it slumps · Past slumped · Past participle slumped · -ing form slumping
Verb forms
- Base form
- slump
- He/she/it
- slumps
- Past
- slumped
- Past participle
- slumped
- -ing form
- slumping
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