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slump verb [ slʌmp ]

• sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
• "she slumped against the cushions"
Similar: sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside, sag, slouch, plonk oneself, plop oneself,
Opposite: stand up, sit up,
• undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.
• "land prices slumped"
Similar: fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline, decrease, reach a new low, crash, nosedive, take a nosedive, go into a tailspin,
Opposite: rise, soar,

slump noun

• a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
• "a slump in profits"
Similar: steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet, downturn, downswing, slide, decline, falling off, decrease, lowering, devaluation, depreciation, meltdown, nosedive,
Opposite: rise,
Origin: late 17th century (in the sense ‘fall into a bog’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall’.


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