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slump
verb, intr slumped, slumping
- 1. To drop or sink suddenly and heavily, eg with tiredness.
- Example: He slumped into an armchair
- Thesaurus: plummet, plunge, sag, fall, slouch, collapse, cave in.
3. To fall or sink suddenly into water or mud.
- 1. An act or instance of slumping.
2. A serious and usually long-term decline, especially in a nation's economy.
- Thesaurus: decline, descent, depression, downturn, recession, depreciation, crash, trough; Antonym: boom.
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