slump has definitions from the fields of economics,finance
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[ verb ] assume a drooping posture or carriage

Synonyms

slouch

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

He slumped against a log fence_rail , then tried to lift himself .

Related terms

sag slouch

2
[ noun ] a noticeable decline in performance

Examples

: "the team went into a slump" "a sudden slack in output" "a drop-off in attendance" "a falloff in automobile sales"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

It will forever be a baseball mystery how a team will suddenly start hitting after a distressing slump .

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Manager_Hemus , eager to end a pitching slump that has brought four losses in the five games on the current home stand , moved Gibson to the Wednesday night starting assignment .

3
[ verb ] fall or sink heavily

Synonyms

sink slide_down

Examples

"He slumped onto the couch" "My spirits sank"

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

He let_go_of the shirt , and Jess slumped to the floor .

Related terms

collapse

4
[ verb ] fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

Synonyms

sink fall_off

Examples

"The real estate market fell off"

Used in print

(U.S. News and World Report,...)

Traffic on_that road slumped sharply in January and February , as compared with those same months in 1960 .

Related terms

drop sink

5
[ verb ] go down in value

Synonyms

decline correct

Examples

"the stock market corrected" "prices slumped"

Related terms

descend

6
[ noun ] (economics,finance) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
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