slumpn.1
/slʌmp/, U.S. /sləmp/, Scottish English /slʌmp/ Scottish.
A large quantity or number; chiefly in phrases by or in (the) slump, rarely in a slump, as a whole, not separately or individually, collectively; in the lump.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all collectively en masse
in generala1393
in gross1508
by the lump1522
in universal1532
at large1598
in the lump1624
in (the) massa1631
at the great1699
by or in (the) slump1795
en masse1802
in a slump1827
en bloc1861
in block1870
in (the) aggregate1973
(a)
(b)1814 W. Scott Diary 10 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 175 Mariages and baptisms are performed, as one of the Isles-men told me, by the slump.1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 893 We would not give General Holt..for all the Greek chiefs in a slump.1866 J. S. Blackie Homer & Iliad I. 29 There is a tendency to fling away honest old traditions in the slump.1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 344 The brae farms, and the pasture land, are let by slump; it is impossible to say what they rent per acre.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Coft by slump.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 742 The grain is..paid in slump or advance at the middle of the year's engagement.
Compounds
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > estimated or approximate
estimation1508
slump number1721
approximate1784
precision1842
rounding1842
1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1830) III. 341 The slump number he has taken..from the Scots Mist.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > in round numbers
slump reckoning1718
1718 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 397 At a slump reckoning of 900 ministers at 1000 merks per piece.
slump sum n. a lump sum.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > lump sum
slump sum1844
lump sum1867
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1052 In hiring,..it is not unusual to give a slump sum for the harvest.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. v. iv. 334 From this transaction alone a slump sum of fifty lacs..had been obtained.
slump work n. = lump work n. at lump n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > lump work
slump work1808
lump work1851
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Slump wark, work taken in the lump.
1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World viii. 189 Creation was not a sort of slump-work to be perfected by the operation of a law of developement.
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slumpn.2
/slʌmp/, U.S. /sləmp/ 1. Stock Market. A heavy fall or sudden decline in the price or value of commodities or securities.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > decline in prices > sudden
break1870
slump1888
1888 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 22 Dec. 4/2 There was another slump in oil on the Consolidated Exchange to-day... Opening at 893/ 4,..the price dropped to 877/ 8.
1895 Tablet 19 Oct. 623 In a single week there has been a slump to the extent of twenty-two million sterling.
1895 Daily News 20 Nov. 8/3 The Glasgow Commercial Exchanges to-day took a gloomy view, and prices fell with a slump.
2. transferred.
a. A sudden or heavy decline or falling off; a collapse. spec. in Economics, a sharp or sudden decline in trade or business, usually accompanied by widespread unemployment; frequently with reference to a particular instance, esp. the Great Depression of 1929 and subsequent years.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off > sudden
slump1888
society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > states or trends of the economy
inflation1821
economic cycle1832
recovery1843
downdraught1852
perfect competition1853
downturn1858
softness1872
slump1888
downtrend1890
sag1891
under-consumption1895
recession1905
downdrift1906
economic recession1908
air pocket1913
stickiness1913
trough1916
deflation1920
downswing1922
slowdown1922
scissors1924
scissors crisis1925
uptrend1926
reflation1932
depresh1933
upswing1934
stagnation1938
countercycle1944
fiscal cliff1957
turn-down1957
stagflation1965
soft landing1973
slumpflation1974
downer1976
1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn xxv What a slump!—what a slump! That blessed short-legged little seraph has spoilt the best sport that ever was.
1896 Westm. Budget 3 Jan. 3/1 There is clearly no ‘slump’ in the matrimonial market.
1897 Leeds Mercury 10 July 11/4 It..became apparent that a slump in the demand for cycles had set in.
1922 H. A. Silverman Substance Econ. xv. 231 Industries grew to depend increasingly on one another... It became inevitable..that a ‘boom’ or a ‘slump’ in one branch should synchronize with similar conditions elsewhere.
1930 Engineering 10 Jan. 42/2 To discover opportunities for employment on such jobs during industrial slumps.
1936 J. M. Keynes Gen. Theory Employment iv. xvi. 218 In the succeeding ‘slump’ the stock of capital may fall for a time below the level which will yield a marginal efficiency of zero.
1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes vi. 89 ‘Well, I can't go back to Kuala Lumpur.’ ‘Why?’ ‘A thing called a slump.’
1952 Granta 15 Nov. 12/1 We wanted to fight Fascism, War and the Slump.
1953 M. C. Scott Breakfast at Six iii. 24 Bought all this land—got it cheap in slump time.
1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) iii. 27 Then there was the slump..and then I never did get a chance with that hotel in Wellington.
1976 Economist 16 Oct. 13/2 A record rise in mortgage charges during a building slump.
b. Geomorphology. A landslide in which soil, sediment, or the like slides a short distance with some degree of cohesion and usually a slight backward rotation owing to the concavity of the surface of separation from the parent mass; movement of this kind; also, a mass of material that has so fallen.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water
land-rushc1550
slide1664
landslip1679
pitting1686
rockfall?1797
shoot1820
landslide1822
run1827
mountain slide1830
slip1838
slough1838
mudslide1848
founder1882
creep1889
soil-creep1897
rock creep1902
slump1905
solifluction1906
slumping1907
slopewash1938
sludging1946
mass wasting1951
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus
shot-heuch1574
slide1664
scree1813
shot-brae1822
earthslide1829
talus1830
slip1838
rockslide1845
earthslip1859
landslip1872
spout1883
shingle-slip1900
slump1905
stone stripe1934
shingle slide1944
1905 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. I. iv. 218 (heading) Creep, slumps, and landslides.
1949 F. J. Pettijohn Sedimentary Rocks iv. 145 A structure of similar appearance..is reported from some limestones and dolomites. The cause of the folding may be due to subaqueous slump.
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. v. 104 Mantle rock..is moved downslope by creep, slump, other types of mass-wasting, and by sheet~wash.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation vii. 166 Water-laid phenomena (slumps, low-angle cross bedding) are observed, and suggest that eolian sands have been blown into a shallow sea.
1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation i. 2 A large scale change induced by a major cliff-fall or slump.
1970 W. H. Matthews Geol. made Simple (rev. ed.) viii. 117 Slump is a common occurrence along the banks of streams.
1978 A. L. Bloom Geomorphol. viii. 178 An elaborate engineering technology has been developed to predict the surface of rupture beneath a slump in order to drill into it and drain the water from the vicinity.
c. Engineering. The height through which the top of a mass of fresh concrete sinks when the mould containing it is removed, as in the slump test (see sense Compounds 2 below).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > height through which fresh concrete sinks
slump1920
1920 D. A. Abrams Design of Concrete Mixes (Bull. No. 1 , Structural Materials Res. Lab., Lewis Inst., Chicago) 13 Normal consistency..requires the use of such a quantity of mixing water as will cause a slump of ½ to 1 in. in a freshly molded 6 × 12-in. cylinder of about 1:4 mix.
1934 S. C. Hollister in L. C. Urquhart Civil Engin. Handbk. vii. 562 Concrete for buildings ranges from 4 to 6 in. slump.
1977 D. E. Branson Deformation of Concrete Structures i. 48 Creep correction factors... May be marginal but normally can be neglected for slumps up to 4 in.
3. gen. A slumping movement or fall.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > heavy fall
squatc1350
plump1596
gulch1671
sosh1687
soss1718
swaga1728
souse1774
dunt1828
swat1847
slump1850
gutser1918
1850 S. Judd Richard Edney i. 12 Move carefully!.. It is a slip, or a slump, all the way through.
1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun i. 90 A..black snake..slid down with a slump..into the water.
1900 S. Hale Let. 29 Apr. (1919) 361 I let my huge bulk down with a slump.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. (In sense 2b.)
slump bed n.
ΚΠ
1974 Sedimentology XXI. 2 Exposures of banks and slump beds extend along the whole of the coast.
slump bedding n.
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1949 F. J. Pettijohn Sedimentary Rocks iv. 145 The disturbance is restricted to layers a mere inch or two thick. Such deformation is usually due to subaqueous slump or gliding and has been termed ‘slump’ or ‘glide bedding’.
1964 Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) v. 13 Slump bedding, disturbed strata interbedded between undisturbed strata, caused by flow of newly deposited sediment.
slump block n.
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1969 D. J. Easterbrook Princ. Geomorphol. xi. 228 During movement of a slump block, secondary slumps may develop and produce a stair-step-like series of parallel slump blocks.
1978 A. L. Bloom Geomorphol. viii. 178 Vegetation or even houses may be carried intact on the surface of a large slump block.
slump series n.
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1937 O. T. Jones in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 272 In view of the fact that a thick mass..may have been formed by successive sliding or slumping of sediments, it is proposed to speak of it as a slump series, and where it is reasonably certain that a mass is the result of a single episode, that mass is referred to as a slump sheet. A slump series is or may be..made up of several slump sheets separated by a greater or lesser thickness of normal mudstones.
slump sheet n.
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1976 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 132 125 Sequence 4, in the upper part of the slump sheet, is most complexly deformed, showing closed and contorted folds.
slump structure n.
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1963 Geol. Mag. 100 205 The slump structures which characterize the Torridonian red sandstones of North-West Scotland.
1975 J. L. Wilson Carbonate Facies Geol. Hist. viii. 238 The limestone..has graded beds, lamination, microbreccias and slump structure.
C2.
slump test n. Engineering a test of the consistency of fresh concrete in which the slump is measured following the removal of a mould of specified size and shape (usually the frustum of a cone).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > height through which fresh concrete sinks > test of
slump test1920
1920 F. L. Roman in Engin. & Contracting 3 Mar. 241/1 Cone No. 1..was far better than a cylinder for determining the consistency of concrete by means of a ‘slump’ test.
1975 Concrete Inspection Procedures (Portland Cement Assoc.) iv. 41 A slump test is made at the start of the operation each day and whenever the appearance of concrete indicates a change in consistency.
Draft additions 1993
A dessert consisting of stewed fruit with a biscuit or dough topping; a fruit cobbler. U.S. (chiefly New England).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > sweet or fruit puddings
white pudding1588
quaking puddinga1665
apple pudding1708
cowslip pudding1723
plum pudding1811
roly-poly pudding1821
black cap1822
amber pudding1829
bird's nest pudding1829
slump1831
Bakewell pudding1833
roly-poly1835
dog in a (or the) blanket1842
castle pudding1845
ice pudding1846
pan pie1846
dick1849
roll-up1856
canary pudding1861
roly1861
treacle pud1861
Brown Betty1864
summer pudding1875
parfait1884
schalet1884
Sally Lunn pudding1892
Tommy1895
queen of puddings1903
layer-pudding1909
clafoutis1926
shrikhand1950
chocolate fondant1971
mud-pie1975
tiramisu1982
lava cake1994
1831 H. J. Finn Amer. Comic Ann. 140 The pumpkin pies and apple slump..were smoking on the table.
1905 Dial. Notes 3 19 Slump,..a dish of dough and fruit, as ‘apple slump’.
1939 I. Wolcott Yankee Cook Bk. 365 Slump. What State-of-Mainers call cooked fruit topped with dumplings or biscuit dough.
1947 E. S. Bowles & D. S. Towle Secrets New England Cooking xi. 178 Both the grunts and the slumps were transition desserts, halfway between the boiled and baked puddings but simpler to make.
1965 National Observer (U.S.) 29 Nov. 20/4 But even the failures tasted good, so I told her to put on a brave face and call it a prized old New England recipe for blueberry ‘slump’.
1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking iv. xvii. 313 In America, the English pudding pies made of custard and fruit..were named ‘slumps’, ‘crunches’, and ‘grunts’.
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slumpv.1
/slʌmp/, U.S. /sləmp/, Scottish English /slʌmp/ Chiefly Scottish.
1. transitive. To lump; to put, place, regard, deal with, etc., as one quantity, mass, or group. Frequently to slump together.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps
wholec1443
consolidate1511
clod1530
thicken?1578
contract1620
acervate1623
lump1624
bundlea1628
club1641
to lump together (occasionally up)1692
commassate1694
slump1822
pack1824
(a)
(b)1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 Jan. (1941) 7 I have let my cash run ahead since I came from the Continent—I must slump the matter as I can.1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1848) I. 314 He slumps the whole under one head.1890 R. W. Cochran-Patrick Evid. Mining Royalties Commiss. No. 7613 Copper, lead, tin,..are mentioned by name, and the others are slumped.1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 147 No farmer ever gives in an offer, first, for the value of the pasture, and then, for the landlord's improvements. He may say that he slumps them all together.
1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) 61 The inconceivable as here laid down, is thus slumped together..with the absolutely inconceivable.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age i. 4 The deposits, which were at one time slumped together,..are really the records of a long series of changes.
2. intransitive. To club together in paying.
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society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (intransitive)]
contributea1610
club1655
to club together1840
slump1849
to chip in1861
1849 G. Cupples Green Hand ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 322/2 Slump together for the other guinea, will ye!
Derivatives
ˈslumping n.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > placing together as a mass or quantity
lumping1757
slumping1822
1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 147 This ‘slumping’..will never serve to pay to the landlord that identical interest [etc.].
1850 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Mar. 191/2 The slumping of the whole loss into the arbitrary..sum of five pounds.
1873 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) 439 The slumping together of multitudes of cases.
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slumpv.2
/slʌmp/, U.S. /sləmp/ Chiefly dialect and U.S., esp. in earlier use.
1.
a. intransitive. To fall or sink in or into a bog, swamp, muddy place, etc.; to fall in water with a dull splashing sound. Also in figurative context.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > splash
paskc1300
jaup1513
plash1650
squash1671
swattle1671
slumpa1677
splash1715
quash1739
pash1855
slush1883
sloosh1914
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > into something soft or wet
slumpa1677
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 191 Young men..walk upon a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.
1684 I. Mather Ess. Illustrious Provid. (1846) 28 Being in this swamp that was miry, I slumpt in and fell down.
1776 T. Twining in Country Clergyman of the 18th C. (1882) 31 I remember slumping on a sudden into the slough of despond, and closing my letter in the dumps.
a1828 T. Bewick Mem. (1862) 116 Thinking the bog she had to pass through, might be frozen hard enough to bear her, she ‘slumped’ deep into it.
1835 New Monthly Mag. 43 159 We dreaded to meet even a single sleigh, lest in turning out, the horses should ‘slump’ beyond their depth, in the untrodden drifts.
1835 Gilchrist Bards Tyne 416 (E.D.D.) Newcassel hes fairly slump't into disgrace.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 52 This enables the birds to run lightly over the floating leaves of aquatic plants, by so much increase of breadth of support that they do not slump in.
b. With through, beneath, etc. Also figurative.
ΚΠ
1856 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 296 No danger of her slumping through the clouds.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 44 The man may slump through,..where the boy would have skimmed the surface.
1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 337/1 But one awful night Kampen..simply ‘slumped’, as they say in the far west, beneath the waters and mud that ingulphed it.
2.
a. Of the wind: to fall, drop.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow gently > drop or become light
scantle1627
dull1633
falter1745
slump1855
1855 Trans. Philol. Soc. 36 (Norfolk words) The wind slumped.
1894 Outing 24 376/2 The breeze had been gradually dying for an hour, and now it bid fair..to slump entirely at midnight.
b. To slide off heavily; to plump down; to fall or collapse clumsily or heavily. spec. in Geomorphology of soil, sediment, etc.: to fall in a slump (sense 2b).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [verb (intransitive)] > movement under gravity or water
spew1839
slump1844
creep1889
sludge1938
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > heavily
waddlec1400
souse1596
squab1755
soss1789
slump1844
1844 Knickerbocker Mag. 23 439 Tread carefully over the soft snow which ‘slumps’ at every step.
1884 J. Burroughs Pepacton 217 Its body slumps off, and rolls and spills down the hill.
1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee v. 63 Clarence had slumped to his knees before I had half finished.
1905 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. I. iv. 220 Where a stream's banks are high..considerable masses sometimes slump from the bank.
1920 Engin. & Contracting 3 Mar. 241/1 Large voids or stone pockets tend to cause the concrete specimen to slump on one side rather than vertically.
1937 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 276 Sediments accumulating on a sub-aqueous slope would slide or slump if the weight increased beyond a certain amount.
1978 Friedman & Sanders Princ. Sedimentol. xii. 400/1 Strata that slumped and were deformed may be..overlain by turbidites.
c. Of stocks, values, etc.: to fall heavily or suddenly. Also with †off. (Cf. slump n.2 1.)
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices)
to look downwards1796
to look downward1801
to look down1808
rally1826
sag1870
give way1883
slump1888
firm1896
move1904
spurt1931
perform1933
dip1956
to pull back1966
to go in the tank1974
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > decline in price or fall > suddenly or rapidly
break1870
plunge1870
tumble1886
slump1888
skid1976
1888 in J. S. Farmer Americanisms (1889) 495/2 ‘How's North-western this morning, Uncle Zeke?’ asked Dick... ‘Slumped off six points, hang it!’ scowling viciously over his paper.
1896 Daily News 9 Dec. 10/7 The market again slumped down on further indications of a heavy crop movement.
1898 Daily News 8 Mar. 3/6 Prices slumped from 2 to 5 points generally.
d. transferred and figurative.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > rapidly
nosedive1920
slump1925
tailspin1935
1925 Sunday Times 20 Sept. 12/6 Where one's sympathy slumps and all one's optimism fails is in face of two depressing facts.
1970 Daily Tel. 16 May 12 Better pay and conditions are essential if police morale is not to go on slumping.
1977 Cork Examiner 6 June 7/1 The over~night leader..slumped to an 80 in his second round for 150.
3. To move or walk in a clumsy, heavy, or laborious manner. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > heavily > and slowly
trudge1547
ploda1566
sloba1804
stog1818
slump1854
stodge1854
podge1866
1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 115 He..paces the deck..much as one of those yellow hummocks goes slumping up and down his cage.
a1891 J. R. Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) i. 18 In such collections as Dodsley's ‘Old Plays’, where we slump along through the loose sand.
4. transitive.
a. To throw down heavily; to slam.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > violently or noisily
clapc1405
to throw to1644
slap1709
slam1775
bounce1786
flap1801
smack1801
slump1836
to fling to1862
bang1878
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lay or put down > firmly, heavily, or abruptly
slump1836
smack1852
plonk1927
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 126 She slumped down her nittin, and clawed off her spectacles.
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 233 Some shivering adorer, who stands in the night air till John has slumped the tight door into the panel.
b. regional. (See quots.)
ΚΠ
1874 C. J. Palmer Perlustr. Great Yarmouth II. 260 (note) The suitor who lost his cause was said to be ‘slumped’.
1874 C. J. Palmer Perlustr. Great Yarmouth II. 260 ‘Slumped agin’, was shouted derisively to one who had been a second time unsuccessful.
c. To cause to depreciate suddenly.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price) > cause to decline > suddenly
slump1899
1899 Church Times 13 Oct. 421/1 Suppose some ‘bear’ determines to ‘slump’ the market.
Derivatives
slumped adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [adjective] > movement under gravity or water
landslippy1893
solifluctional1924
slumped1937
soliflucted1954
soliflual1965
1937 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 93 277 Local after-slides..added low ridges on the surface of the major slumped mass.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. iii. 31/2 There is a good deal of glacial debris and slumped ground under the thick forest.
1976 J. E. Sanders et al. Physical Geol. vii. 244 A slumped mass usually does not travel very far nor spectacularly fast.
ˈslumping adj.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [adjective] > declining in price > causing sudden decline
slumping1899
1899 Church Times 13 Oct. 421/1 The vicious operations of the slumping bear and the tossing bull.
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