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,
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,
Origin:
late 17th century (in the sense ‘fall into a bog’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall’.