to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
to assume a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture: Stand up straight and don't slump!
to decrease or fall suddenly and markedly, as prices or the market.
to decline or deteriorate, as health, business, quality, or efficiency.
to sink into a bog, muddy place, etc., or through ice or snow.
to sink heavily, as the spirits.
noun
an act or instance of slumping.
a decrease, decline, or deterioration.
a period of decline or deterioration.
any mild recession in the economy as a whole or in a particular industry.
a period during which a person performs slowly, inefficiently, or ineffectively, especially a period during which an athlete or team fails to play or score as well as usual.
a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture, especially of the shoulders.
a landslide or rockslide.
the vertical subsidence of freshly mixed concrete that is a measure of consistency and stiffness.
New England Cooking. a dessert made with cooked fruit, especially apples or berries, topped with a thick layer of biscuit dough or crumbs.
Origin of slump
1670–80; originally, to sink into a bog or mud; perhaps imitative (cf. plump2)
And, yes, even Tesla can endure a strong slump, giving up tens of billions of dollars in market capitalization at the same time.
Stocks are selling off again, and SaaS shares are taking the biggest lumps|Alex Wilhelm|September 4, 2020|TechCrunch
The decline came amid a broader slump in high-flying tech stocks that pushed the Nasdaq 100 to its worst one-day loss since March.
Over the past three days, Tesla’s stock has dropped 18%|Verne Kopytoff|September 3, 2020|Fortune
The pandemic has pushed the global economy into what may be its deepest slump since the Great Depression.
Global trade is recovering faster from COVID-19 than it did from the 2008 crisis|Claire Zillman, reporter|September 1, 2020|Fortune
The looming economic slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to worsen its woes.
India’s once squeaky-clean HDFC Bank is now facing “strategic failure”|Prathamesh Mulye|August 4, 2020|Quartz
These weekly and daily data sets—known as high-frequency data—show that after recovering somewhat from the big slump earlier this year, economic activity has been flagging since the number of Covid-19 cases spiked in June.
The data to focus on instead of GDP to understand where the economy is going|Karen Ho|July 31, 2020|Quartz
But if Pixar's going to slump, it's comforting that Disney is back to its old tricks.
‘Frozen’ Is the Best Disney Film Since ‘The Lion King’|Kevin Fallon|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Keynes famously said that ‘the boom, not the slump, is the time for austerity.’
Austerity’s Scottish Ghosts Haunt the Modern Economic Mind|Mark Blyth|May 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Of course, Dell, even after it slump, remains a large company, with a market value of about $20 billion.
Struggling PC Maker Dell Might Be Candidate for Private-Equity Buyout|Daniel Gross|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To play Elsa, she gained weight and walked in a slump in order to inhabit the character.
‘A Certain Age’—Shirley MacLaine Rattles Downton Abbey|Sandra McElwaine|December 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Jade asked Strong if she was ever at a loss for ideas and if so, how she might wrest herself from a slump.
Camp Fashion Design Draws Budding Designers To New York|Robin Givhan|July 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I always knew this slump would come after the war, sooner or later.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays)|John Galsworthy
He'd heard these rumours about a slump, and he's fifty years old at that.
The Spenders|Harry Leon Wilson
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Professor Hemmingwell slump to the deck.
Sabotage in Space|Carey Rockwell
Im always scared for a team that hasnt had a slump some time during the season.
Full-Back Foster|Ralph Henry Barbour
It was the voice of Bonfire Cree calling from the fourth tree, that roused Bunny from his slump of depression.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High|Leslie W. Quirk
British Dictionary definitions for slump (1 of 2)
slump
/ (slʌmp) /
verb(intr)
to sink or fall heavily and suddenly
to relax ungracefully
(of business activity, etc) to decline suddenly; collapse
(of health, interest, etc) to deteriorate or decline suddenly or markedly
(of soil or rock) to slip down a slope, esp a cliff, usually with a rotational movement
noun
a sudden or marked decline or failure, as in progress or achievement; collapse
a decline in commercial activity, prices, etc
economics another word for depression
the act of slumping
a slipping of earth or rock; landslide
Word Origin for slump
C17: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Low German slump bog, Norwegian slumpa to fall