Slump

Verb

 * 1)  To collapse heavily or helplessly.
 * Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.
 * 1)  To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
 * Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
 * 1)  To slouch or droop.

Noun

 * 1) A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

Derived terms

 * slumplike

Verbs for Slump
allay—; alleviate—; balance—; check—; counteract—; curb—; descend into—; emerge from—; halt—; mitigate—; moderate —; stem—; suffer—; survive—; —abates; —depresses; —endangers;  —fizzles  out (colloq.) ; —jeopardizes; —reduces; —relaxes; —retards; —slackens; —troubles.

Thesaurus
arrear, arrearage, arrears, bad times, be found wanting, bear market, bearish market, beat down, boom, bottoming out, break, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, cadence, catabasis, catenary, cave, cave in, cheapen, cheapening, collapse, come short, comedown, cooling off, crash, crisis, cut, cut prices, debasement, decadence, decadency, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, declining market, decrescendo, decurrence, defalcation, default, defectiveness, deficit, deflate, deflation, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, delinquency, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciate, depreciation, depression, derogation, descend, descent, deterioration, devaluate, devaluation, devolution, die, diminuendo, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, droop, drop, dwindling, dying, ebb, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, economic stagnation, effeteness, evil day, expanding economy, expansion, fade, fading, fail, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, fall away, fall in price, fall off, fall short, falling short, falling-off, falloff, flag, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, founder, give way, go down, go downhill, go off, growth, hard times, heavy weather, high growth rate, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, imperfection, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficiency, involution, jew down, keel over, lack, lag, lapse, lose ground, loss of tone, low, lower, lowering, mark down, markdown, market expansion, nose dive, nose-dive, nosedive, not answer, not hack it, not make it, not make out, not measure up, not stretch, not suffice, off market, pare, peak, peaking, pitch, plop, plop down, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge, price cut, price fall, price reduction, prosperity, rainy day, reach the depths, recede, recession, recovery, reduce, reduction, regression, remission, retreat, retreating market, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, run down, run short, sad times, sag, sagging market, set, settle, settle down, shave, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sink, sink down, sinkage, slash, slide, slip, slippage, slouch, slowdown, slump down, smash, soft market, stagnation, stop short, stormy weather, submerge, submergence, subside, subsidence, swag, tailspin, topple, touch bottom, trim, trough, tumble, underage, upturn, wane, want

Verb

 * French: s'affaler
 * Italian:


 * Polish: upadać
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * Catalan: depressió
 * Italian:


 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * lumps
 * plums

Noun

 * 1) chance, happenstance

Related terms

 * slumpvariabel
 * slumpa