Definition of slump in English:

slump

verb slʌmpsləmp

[no object]

1with adverbial Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
she slumped against the cushions
Denis was slumped in his seat
Example sentencesExamples
- Go for an armchair that allows you to sit with your spine upright and feet on the floor, rather than slumping into deep cushions.
- The little girl slumped limply out of his arms and fell fast asleep, her arms wrapped around her baby brother.
- She instantly collapsed on the bench and slumped over to lean on Kita for support.
- Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office.
- Not even bothering to take off his leather jacket or boots, he slumped heavily onto the futon to his right.
- Tatiana was slumped back in her seat, her arms crossed, and a frown on her face.
- As his shoulders slumped again, David leaned forward and took his face in his hands.
- He slumped heavily into his armchair and busied himself with his smoking accoutrements.
- Eric was already slumped in his seat as the Principal began his overly enthusiastic speech.
- Puzzled, Preter hesitantly did as he was told and slumped limply to the ground.
- He slowly relaxed and slumped back to lean against the bath as his body adjusted.
- It was dark out and most of the passengers were slumped down in their seats.
- She slid dejectedly into her seat, slumping a little and propping her head up on her desktop, her fingers halfway into her hair, and closed her eyes for a moment.
- Kait sighed and slumped her shoulders, leaning her forehead against the door frame.
- He slumped heavily into the bed next to me, and I pulled the comforter over him and inched closer.
- ‘It's done,’ she pronounced, slumping heavily into an overstuffed armchair and peeling off her disposable latex gloves.
- Most kids would be slumped in their seats, glaring at me for presuming to be the Dean, and smacking on gum.
- A girl three rows ahead of them was slumped into her seat, practically snoring.
- I leaned back, slumping in my chair again, Blake sighing at my side.
- I slumped and leaned against the trailer before my knees could give way underneath me.
Synonyms
sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside
sag, slouch
informal plonk oneself, plop oneself
2Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.
land prices slumped
Example sentencesExamples
- This was the first, and largest, of three price slumps that the accident-prone discount retailer had this year.
- This basically means selling loads of shares before the attacks and then buying them back once the share price had slumped.
- Shortly afterwards wool prices slumped, and British depositors began to withdraw funds from the colonial banks.
- A York estate agent today hit back at reports that house prices are set to slump in villages around York.
- It wouldn't, however, protect you from the negative equity trap if you were forced to move and house prices had slumped.
- The milk price had slumped from £1.75 a kilogramme of milk solids to £1 a kilogramme.
- But since the merger, the firm's share price has slumped by nearly two thirds.
- People who bought homes in these places now find prices have slumped, leaving them trapped and unable to move to find work.
- As uncertainty over plans, as yet undisclosed, causes house prices to stagnate or slump, the council could conveniently then offer rock-bottom compensation.
- Some experts are warning that prices could slump by up to 30%.
- The firm has suffered in recent years as share prices slumped putting off investors and denting demand for pensions and insurance.
- This meant directors and management, who took gambles that endangered the future of businesses or caused share prices to slump, could be held liable for the damage done.
- When growth slowed, and share prices slumped, they were unable to raise money for further expansion.
- That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services.
- As commodities such as coffee or soya flooded into the world market, prices slumped, causing more economic chaos.
- It also lost heavily after buying forward power contracts at the same high prices which later slumped.
- Whether international prices slump or go on a meteoritic rise they remain unruffled, as their lifestyle is already being protected by state subsidies.
- Banks in Europe and the US are reporting lower earnings as slumping stock prices reduce income.
- The idea was to build up a substantial European mining company but copper prices slumped in 1997.
- When the task force was putting together its original report, the world price of oil had slumped as low as $10 a barrel.
Synonyms
fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline, decrease
reach a new low
informal crash, nosedive, take a nosedive, go into a tailspin
1. 2.1 Fail or decline substantially.
  United slumped to another one–nil defeat
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is reported that conservative bosses have launched a probe after the Conservative candidate slumped to third place.
  Despite a good start to the season, they have slumped to eighteenth in the division with McAllister fully aware he has no money to spend.
  He snapped up six wickets as the capital team, fresh from a surprise win against Greenock, slumped to 103 all out.
  London, once one of the top two, has slumped to No 27 with a paltry 7.7m souls.
  Three of the top four in the A Section must be cursing their luck, as they slumped to defeats against opposition from the wrong half of the table.
  It left Thompson struggling to put his finger on why his Liverpool side have slumped to just one victory in their last six games.
  India slumped to seven wickets for 80, and Australia was clearly going to win the match in a canter.
  They slumped to their fifth defeat in six League games, 2-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers.
  From being one of the top performers in 2001 the town has slumped to bottom of a council transport performance list.
  Indeed, by the end of last year, a season in which he slumped to a dismal 133rd on the money list, he had lost his right to even play in Europe.
  However, Saunders' side slumped to a 2-1 defeat in a match that proved just how fickle they were.
  France have slumped to their lowest position since winning the World Cup in 1998.
  Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday.
  However, he slumped to a 75, Westwood shot 65 and beat his friend by three clear strokes.
  On eight of those occasions, the giant-killers slumped to at least one loss in the following fortnight.
  China slumped to three successive first-round defeats without scoring a goal.
  However, it was no more than token resistance as Grange slumped to defeat by 49 runs, their second reverse in a row.
  Kent slumped to 70 for five and forgot about attempting to win; their objective was simply to avoid defeat.
  It was scrapped at Prestwick in 1993, when passenger numbers slumped to 50,000.
  Selby Town slumped to their first home defeat since October following a dismal display against Denaby United.
  Synonyms
  decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, get worse, slip, lapse
  informal go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, nosedive, take a nosedive

noun slʌmpsləmp

1A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
a slump in profits
Example sentencesExamples
- In the wake of this fact comes the third and most obvious consensus point namely that the markets are being driven down by the slump in tech stock prices.
- The plan has been severely criticized by many members of the public for interfering with the property market and causing a slump in apartment prices.
- The personal wealth of some of Ireland's most high profile technology executives has been decimated by the continuing slump in technology share prices.
- Industry sources said that the slump in value reflected the pain being felt by companies across the private equity industry.
- Landlords in central London, many of whom are Irish, are experiencing a difficult time as residential rents continue to fall due to a slump in corporate lettings.
- Blaming the drop on a surge in producer prices and a slump in fixed investment last year, analysts predicted that growth would continue to slow in 2005.
- They will also go down badly with some City investors, who would like Allen to resign after a slump in the share price from 148p to 104p.
- Mr Greenspan added that a recent wave of accounting scandals that has swept through corporate America, triggering a slump in global share prices, is nearly over.
- These have been compounded by the huge slump in share price values that most analysts predict will not be recovered.
- If that proves to be the case, Burgundy, which has seen a slump in prices, could breathe a sigh of relief.
- The dramatic slump in the share value is all the more galling for investors, who had come to rely on the defensive food sector in times of economic uncertainty.
- A slump in equity prices cuts their profits; even worse it erodes their solvency ratios.
- Also, a slump in property prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers.
- After the slump in profits since mid 2000, my daughter could have told me that.
- The oil price slump in 1985 created severe adjustment problems.
- There is talk of a massive fall in profits and a slump in turnover - talk that some outposts of the empire were simply not performing well enough to survive.
- Hong Kong has been trying to fight deflation for four consecutive years, but a slump in property prices there started even before that.
- The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens.
- Unlike some previous recessions, the current US slowdown seems to have been caused not by reluctant consumers, but by a sudden slump in company spending.
- Niedermeier attributed the slump to the price falls in most local shares.
Synonyms
steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet, downturn, downswing, slide, decline, falling off, decrease, lowering, devaluation, depreciation
meltdown
informal nosedive
1. 1.1 A prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment.
  he had survived two world wars and a slump
  mass noun periods of slump
  Example sentencesExamples
  Last year, you were among the first national politicians to talk about the economic slump.
  But although the news was welcomed by those who had feared an economic slump, US shares opened slightly lower.
  The world was mired in economic slump, which brought with it mass unemployment and wage cuts.
  The domestic economy is in a slump, and unemployment in Hualien is particularly serious.
  Orchestras around the country are facing drastic budget crises, worsened by the economic slump and the consequent downturn in attendance as well as in corporate support.
  With the economy pulling out of a shallow slump, pre-election unemployment topped out at a mere 5.7%.
  After the Wall Street crash, which led to a worldwide slump in economic growth, the world reverted to protectionism.
  Chen was elected with just a plurality in a three-man race in 2000 and has since presided over an economic slump.
  People always tend to be more cautious during an economic slump.
  What we were trying to do was bring forward investment to pull the economy out of its slump.
  The story inevitably starts with the economic slump of the early 1930s.
  The only segment in which Gleeson does expect a rebound is in the financial sector, where she is expecting a raft of merger and acquisition activity to follow the slump.
  This was followed by a slump in investment, widespread bankruptcies and over a million Americans losing their jobs.
  The government also advised that it expects a shortfall in tax revenues, because of the economic slump, and that it was stepping up its programme of building shelters for the unemployed and homeless.
  The inability of the political establishment to find a coherent response to the economic slump of the Great Depression furthered the growth of the right wing.
  In an economic slump, business costs that were once low priority take on new importance for the bottom line.
  As always in an economic slump, cash is once again king, and companies are going all out to make sure they have enough of it.
  How can the regulations be changed while the country remains unstable, with a continuing economic slump and resultant widespread economic hardship?
  Unfortunately, this budget balancing threatens to worsen the economic slump.
  Two things did more than anything to usher in a new upturn in struggle - the black nationalist message of Marcus Garvey and the economic slump of the Great Depression.
  Synonyms
  recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown, trough, credit crunch
  stagnation, stagflation
  hard times
  informal bust
2. 1.2 A period of substantial failure or decline.
  Arsenal's recent slump
  Example sentencesExamples
  The number of visitors to libraries has halved since 1984 and could further slump to a terminal decline in the next 20 years, a charity has warned.
  Population growth and concentration made cyclical slumps and harvest failures increasingly difficult to mediate or relieve.
  At least Boro have no injuries to worry about, save for the damage to morale caused by their recent slump.
  The army has responded to the recruiting slump by increasing the number of recruiters and offering bigger sign-up bonuses.
  Eddy added that the decision not to raise excise rates was to enable the cigarette companies to restructure, following the recent slump in cigarette sales.
  American players may well have witnessed some amount of stock market volatility, but despite the recent share slumps, 2000's corporate performance was impressive.
  The rise represented a significant recovery following a slump of 2.7% in the previous year.
  It has to be said, before we consider the paper's own circulation since her arrival, that the whole market has been hit by a slump in the past year.
  The station has seen a recent slump in numbers due to people leaving through retirement or ill health.
  Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the area each year and despite the recent slump in tourism local hoteliers are reaping the benefits of Sundberg's visit.
  I'm not certain the slowdown in capital spending will last - the data show a similar slump in the first quarter of each of the past three years.
  Jack McKeon's team can blame its failure to return to the postseason on a long slump beginning Memorial Day.
  The government pledged not to raise excise rates on cigarettes this year to allow the industry to recover from a slump.
  Weekend occupancy rates at hotels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments are high and many say they have yet to experience a slump after the summer holiday season.
  As the companies that make PCs try to recover from their worst slump in years, you'll find incredible deals on new systems during the holiday shopping season.
  Whereas the U.S. textile industry has shown noticeable recoveries from slumps in previous years, it is not showing signs of recovery in its most recent cycle.
  High-tech manufacturers showed some of the sharpest declines, reflecting a slump in telecommunications and the dot-coms.
  But there was in fact a slump for some years which lasted quite a while.
  After a heartbreaking summer which reached the highest number of road deaths in recent years, August and September witnessed a slump on comparative years.
  The grouse population has traditionally been prone to yearly fluctuations, but global warming is being blamed in some quarters for a sustained slump in numbers.

Derivatives

slumpy

adjective

Pity the young, for whose benefit they marched, for what are they to do in a free market that considers them excess labour in a slumpy economy?
Example sentencesExamples
- Where should we put our money then to save for retirement if a slumpy economy comes to pass?
- His spent his off season shipping of the slugger for the scrappy but slumpy speedster.

Origin

Late 17th century (in the sense 'fall into a bog'): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe 'to fall'.

slough from Old English:
A slough is a swamp (slōh in Old English), and a slough of despond a condition of despondency, hopelessness, and gloom. The phrase comes from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), where it is the name of a deep boggy place between the City of Destruction and the gate at the beginning of Christian's journey. Slump (late 17th century) originally meant to fall in a bog and probably came from the sound that would be made. The economic sense is late 19th century. Slough in southern England also takes its name from Old English slōh, not the most appealing of origins. To add to the unglamorous town's image problems, the English poet John Betjeman wrote of it in 1937: ‘Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! / It isn't fit for humans now.’ The slough meaning the skin shed by a snake is Middle English and originally meant ‘skin’ in English. It may be related to Low German sluwe ‘husk, peel’.

Rhymes

bump, chump, clump, crump, dump, flump, frump, gazump, grump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump

Definition of slump in US English:

slump

verbsləmpsləmp

[no object]

1with adverbial Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply, especially with a bent back.
she slumped against the cushions
Denis was slumped in his seat
Example sentencesExamples
- He slumped heavily into the bed next to me, and I pulled the comforter over him and inched closer.
- He slowly relaxed and slumped back to lean against the bath as his body adjusted.
- She instantly collapsed on the bench and slumped over to lean on Kita for support.
- Not even bothering to take off his leather jacket or boots, he slumped heavily onto the futon to his right.
- He slumped heavily into his armchair and busied himself with his smoking accoutrements.
- Puzzled, Preter hesitantly did as he was told and slumped limply to the ground.
- She slid dejectedly into her seat, slumping a little and propping her head up on her desktop, her fingers halfway into her hair, and closed her eyes for a moment.
- Tatiana was slumped back in her seat, her arms crossed, and a frown on her face.
- Kait sighed and slumped her shoulders, leaning her forehead against the door frame.
- I slumped and leaned against the trailer before my knees could give way underneath me.
- ‘It's done,’ she pronounced, slumping heavily into an overstuffed armchair and peeling off her disposable latex gloves.
- It was dark out and most of the passengers were slumped down in their seats.
- A girl three rows ahead of them was slumped into her seat, practically snoring.
- I leaned back, slumping in my chair again, Blake sighing at my side.
- The little girl slumped limply out of his arms and fell fast asleep, her arms wrapped around her baby brother.
- Most kids would be slumped in their seats, glaring at me for presuming to be the Dean, and smacking on gum.
- Go for an armchair that allows you to sit with your spine upright and feet on the floor, rather than slumping into deep cushions.
- As his shoulders slumped again, David leaned forward and took his face in his hands.
- Eric was already slumped in his seat as the Principal began his overly enthusiastic speech.
- Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office.
Synonyms
sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside
2Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.
land prices slumped
Example sentencesExamples
- It also lost heavily after buying forward power contracts at the same high prices which later slumped.
- The milk price had slumped from £1.75 a kilogramme of milk solids to £1 a kilogramme.
- This basically means selling loads of shares before the attacks and then buying them back once the share price had slumped.
- Shortly afterwards wool prices slumped, and British depositors began to withdraw funds from the colonial banks.
- Some experts are warning that prices could slump by up to 30%.
- A York estate agent today hit back at reports that house prices are set to slump in villages around York.
- The firm has suffered in recent years as share prices slumped putting off investors and denting demand for pensions and insurance.
- Whether international prices slump or go on a meteoritic rise they remain unruffled, as their lifestyle is already being protected by state subsidies.
- This meant directors and management, who took gambles that endangered the future of businesses or caused share prices to slump, could be held liable for the damage done.
- As commodities such as coffee or soya flooded into the world market, prices slumped, causing more economic chaos.
- That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services.
- When growth slowed, and share prices slumped, they were unable to raise money for further expansion.
- People who bought homes in these places now find prices have slumped, leaving them trapped and unable to move to find work.
- The idea was to build up a substantial European mining company but copper prices slumped in 1997.
- It wouldn't, however, protect you from the negative equity trap if you were forced to move and house prices had slumped.
- Banks in Europe and the US are reporting lower earnings as slumping stock prices reduce income.
- This was the first, and largest, of three price slumps that the accident-prone discount retailer had this year.
- When the task force was putting together its original report, the world price of oil had slumped as low as $10 a barrel.
- As uncertainty over plans, as yet undisclosed, causes house prices to stagnate or slump, the council could conveniently then offer rock-bottom compensation.
- But since the merger, the firm's share price has slumped by nearly two thirds.
Synonyms
fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline, decrease
1. 2.1 Fail or decline substantially.
  the Giants slumped to an 8–8 record
  Example sentencesExamples
  Indeed, by the end of last year, a season in which he slumped to a dismal 133rd on the money list, he had lost his right to even play in Europe.
  Despite a good start to the season, they have slumped to eighteenth in the division with McAllister fully aware he has no money to spend.
  From being one of the top performers in 2001 the town has slumped to bottom of a council transport performance list.
  France have slumped to their lowest position since winning the World Cup in 1998.
  It was scrapped at Prestwick in 1993, when passenger numbers slumped to 50,000.
  They slumped to their fifth defeat in six League games, 2-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers.
  On eight of those occasions, the giant-killers slumped to at least one loss in the following fortnight.
  London, once one of the top two, has slumped to No 27 with a paltry 7.7m souls.
  He snapped up six wickets as the capital team, fresh from a surprise win against Greenock, slumped to 103 all out.
  However, he slumped to a 75, Westwood shot 65 and beat his friend by three clear strokes.
  It is reported that conservative bosses have launched a probe after the Conservative candidate slumped to third place.
  India slumped to seven wickets for 80, and Australia was clearly going to win the match in a canter.
  It left Thompson struggling to put his finger on why his Liverpool side have slumped to just one victory in their last six games.
  However, it was no more than token resistance as Grange slumped to defeat by 49 runs, their second reverse in a row.
  However, Saunders' side slumped to a 2-1 defeat in a match that proved just how fickle they were.
  Three of the top four in the A Section must be cursing their luck, as they slumped to defeats against opposition from the wrong half of the table.
  Kent slumped to 70 for five and forgot about attempting to win; their objective was simply to avoid defeat.
  China slumped to three successive first-round defeats without scoring a goal.
  Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday.
  Selby Town slumped to their first home defeat since October following a dismal display against Denaby United.
  Synonyms
  decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, get worse, slip, lapse

nounsləmpsləmp

1A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
a slump in annual profits
Example sentencesExamples
- After the slump in profits since mid 2000, my daughter could have told me that.
- There is talk of a massive fall in profits and a slump in turnover - talk that some outposts of the empire were simply not performing well enough to survive.
- The personal wealth of some of Ireland's most high profile technology executives has been decimated by the continuing slump in technology share prices.
- These have been compounded by the huge slump in share price values that most analysts predict will not be recovered.
- Unlike some previous recessions, the current US slowdown seems to have been caused not by reluctant consumers, but by a sudden slump in company spending.
- Hong Kong has been trying to fight deflation for four consecutive years, but a slump in property prices there started even before that.
- Mr Greenspan added that a recent wave of accounting scandals that has swept through corporate America, triggering a slump in global share prices, is nearly over.
- In the wake of this fact comes the third and most obvious consensus point namely that the markets are being driven down by the slump in tech stock prices.
- Blaming the drop on a surge in producer prices and a slump in fixed investment last year, analysts predicted that growth would continue to slow in 2005.
- Also, a slump in property prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers.
- Industry sources said that the slump in value reflected the pain being felt by companies across the private equity industry.
- Landlords in central London, many of whom are Irish, are experiencing a difficult time as residential rents continue to fall due to a slump in corporate lettings.
- Niedermeier attributed the slump to the price falls in most local shares.
- The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens.
- A slump in equity prices cuts their profits; even worse it erodes their solvency ratios.
- The plan has been severely criticized by many members of the public for interfering with the property market and causing a slump in apartment prices.
- The oil price slump in 1985 created severe adjustment problems.
- If that proves to be the case, Burgundy, which has seen a slump in prices, could breathe a sigh of relief.
- They will also go down badly with some City investors, who would like Allen to resign after a slump in the share price from 148p to 104p.
- The dramatic slump in the share value is all the more galling for investors, who had come to rely on the defensive food sector in times of economic uncertainty.
Synonyms
steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet, downturn, downswing, slide, decline, falling off, decrease, lowering, devaluation, depreciation
1. 1.1 A prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Two things did more than anything to usher in a new upturn in struggle - the black nationalist message of Marcus Garvey and the economic slump of the Great Depression.
  Unfortunately, this budget balancing threatens to worsen the economic slump.
  As always in an economic slump, cash is once again king, and companies are going all out to make sure they have enough of it.
  People always tend to be more cautious during an economic slump.
  Last year, you were among the first national politicians to talk about the economic slump.
  The world was mired in economic slump, which brought with it mass unemployment and wage cuts.
  But although the news was welcomed by those who had feared an economic slump, US shares opened slightly lower.
  The domestic economy is in a slump, and unemployment in Hualien is particularly serious.
  In an economic slump, business costs that were once low priority take on new importance for the bottom line.
  This was followed by a slump in investment, widespread bankruptcies and over a million Americans losing their jobs.
  The government also advised that it expects a shortfall in tax revenues, because of the economic slump, and that it was stepping up its programme of building shelters for the unemployed and homeless.
  How can the regulations be changed while the country remains unstable, with a continuing economic slump and resultant widespread economic hardship?
  The inability of the political establishment to find a coherent response to the economic slump of the Great Depression furthered the growth of the right wing.
  After the Wall Street crash, which led to a worldwide slump in economic growth, the world reverted to protectionism.
  Chen was elected with just a plurality in a three-man race in 2000 and has since presided over an economic slump.
  The only segment in which Gleeson does expect a rebound is in the financial sector, where she is expecting a raft of merger and acquisition activity to follow the slump.
  With the economy pulling out of a shallow slump, pre-election unemployment topped out at a mere 5.7%.
  What we were trying to do was bring forward investment to pull the economy out of its slump.
  The story inevitably starts with the economic slump of the early 1930s.
  Orchestras around the country are facing drastic budget crises, worsened by the economic slump and the consequent downturn in attendance as well as in corporate support.
  Synonyms
  recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown, trough, credit crunch
2. 1.2 A period of substantial failure or decline.
  the organization's recent slump
  Example sentencesExamples
  The rise represented a significant recovery following a slump of 2.7% in the previous year.
  After a heartbreaking summer which reached the highest number of road deaths in recent years, August and September witnessed a slump on comparative years.
  The number of visitors to libraries has halved since 1984 and could further slump to a terminal decline in the next 20 years, a charity has warned.
  The army has responded to the recruiting slump by increasing the number of recruiters and offering bigger sign-up bonuses.
  Population growth and concentration made cyclical slumps and harvest failures increasingly difficult to mediate or relieve.
  Jack McKeon's team can blame its failure to return to the postseason on a long slump beginning Memorial Day.
  I'm not certain the slowdown in capital spending will last - the data show a similar slump in the first quarter of each of the past three years.
  But there was in fact a slump for some years which lasted quite a while.
  It has to be said, before we consider the paper's own circulation since her arrival, that the whole market has been hit by a slump in the past year.
  As the companies that make PCs try to recover from their worst slump in years, you'll find incredible deals on new systems during the holiday shopping season.
  The government pledged not to raise excise rates on cigarettes this year to allow the industry to recover from a slump.
  Eddy added that the decision not to raise excise rates was to enable the cigarette companies to restructure, following the recent slump in cigarette sales.
  High-tech manufacturers showed some of the sharpest declines, reflecting a slump in telecommunications and the dot-coms.
  Whereas the U.S. textile industry has shown noticeable recoveries from slumps in previous years, it is not showing signs of recovery in its most recent cycle.
  American players may well have witnessed some amount of stock market volatility, but despite the recent share slumps, 2000's corporate performance was impressive.
  Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the area each year and despite the recent slump in tourism local hoteliers are reaping the benefits of Sundberg's visit.
  The station has seen a recent slump in numbers due to people leaving through retirement or ill health.
  At least Boro have no injuries to worry about, save for the damage to morale caused by their recent slump.
  Weekend occupancy rates at hotels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments are high and many say they have yet to experience a slump after the summer holiday season.
  The grouse population has traditionally been prone to yearly fluctuations, but global warming is being blamed in some quarters for a sustained slump in numbers.

Origin

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

单词	slump
释义	Definition of slump in English: slump verb slʌmpsləmp [no object] 1with adverbial Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply. she slumped against the cushions Denis was slumped in his seat Example sentencesExamples Go for an armchair that allows you to sit with your spine upright and feet on the floor, rather than slumping into deep cushions. The little girl slumped limply out of his arms and fell fast asleep, her arms wrapped around her baby brother. She instantly collapsed on the bench and slumped over to lean on Kita for support. Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office. Not even bothering to take off his leather jacket or boots, he slumped heavily onto the futon to his right. Tatiana was slumped back in her seat, her arms crossed, and a frown on her face. As his shoulders slumped again, David leaned forward and took his face in his hands. He slumped heavily into his armchair and busied himself with his smoking accoutrements. Eric was already slumped in his seat as the Principal began his overly enthusiastic speech. Puzzled, Preter hesitantly did as he was told and slumped limply to the ground. He slowly relaxed and slumped back to lean against the bath as his body adjusted. It was dark out and most of the passengers were slumped down in their seats. She slid dejectedly into her seat, slumping a little and propping her head up on her desktop, her fingers halfway into her hair, and closed her eyes for a moment. Kait sighed and slumped her shoulders, leaning her forehead against the door frame. He slumped heavily into the bed next to me, and I pulled the comforter over him and inched closer. ‘It's done,’ she pronounced, slumping heavily into an overstuffed armchair and peeling off her disposable latex gloves. Most kids would be slumped in their seats, glaring at me for presuming to be the Dean, and smacking on gum. A girl three rows ahead of them was slumped into her seat, practically snoring. I leaned back, slumping in my chair again, Blake sighing at my side. I slumped and leaned against the trailer before my knees could give way underneath me. Synonyms sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside sag, slouch informal plonk oneself, plop oneself 2Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount. land prices slumped Example sentencesExamples This was the first, and largest, of three price slumps that the accident-prone discount retailer had this year. This basically means selling loads of shares before the attacks and then buying them back once the share price had slumped. Shortly afterwards wool prices slumped, and British depositors began to withdraw funds from the colonial banks. A York estate agent today hit back at reports that house prices are set to slump in villages around York. It wouldn't, however, protect you from the negative equity trap if you were forced to move and house prices had slumped. The milk price had slumped from £1.75 a kilogramme of milk solids to £1 a kilogramme. But since the merger, the firm's share price has slumped by nearly two thirds. People who bought homes in these places now find prices have slumped, leaving them trapped and unable to move to find work. As uncertainty over plans, as yet undisclosed, causes house prices to stagnate or slump, the council could conveniently then offer rock-bottom compensation. Some experts are warning that prices could slump by up to 30%. The firm has suffered in recent years as share prices slumped putting off investors and denting demand for pensions and insurance. This meant directors and management, who took gambles that endangered the future of businesses or caused share prices to slump, could be held liable for the damage done. When growth slowed, and share prices slumped, they were unable to raise money for further expansion. That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services. As commodities such as coffee or soya flooded into the world market, prices slumped, causing more economic chaos. It also lost heavily after buying forward power contracts at the same high prices which later slumped. Whether international prices slump or go on a meteoritic rise they remain unruffled, as their lifestyle is already being protected by state subsidies. Banks in Europe and the US are reporting lower earnings as slumping stock prices reduce income. The idea was to build up a substantial European mining company but copper prices slumped in 1997. When the task force was putting together its original report, the world price of oil had slumped as low as $10 a barrel. Synonyms fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline, decrease reach a new low informal crash, nosedive, take a nosedive, go into a tailspin 2.1 Fail or decline substantially. United slumped to another one–nil defeat Example sentencesExamples It is reported that conservative bosses have launched a probe after the Conservative candidate slumped to third place. Despite a good start to the season, they have slumped to eighteenth in the division with McAllister fully aware he has no money to spend. He snapped up six wickets as the capital team, fresh from a surprise win against Greenock, slumped to 103 all out. London, once one of the top two, has slumped to No 27 with a paltry 7.7m souls. Three of the top four in the A Section must be cursing their luck, as they slumped to defeats against opposition from the wrong half of the table. It left Thompson struggling to put his finger on why his Liverpool side have slumped to just one victory in their last six games. India slumped to seven wickets for 80, and Australia was clearly going to win the match in a canter. They slumped to their fifth defeat in six League games, 2-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers. From being one of the top performers in 2001 the town has slumped to bottom of a council transport performance list. Indeed, by the end of last year, a season in which he slumped to a dismal 133rd on the money list, he had lost his right to even play in Europe. However, Saunders' side slumped to a 2-1 defeat in a match that proved just how fickle they were. France have slumped to their lowest position since winning the World Cup in 1998. Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday. However, he slumped to a 75, Westwood shot 65 and beat his friend by three clear strokes. On eight of those occasions, the giant-killers slumped to at least one loss in the following fortnight. China slumped to three successive first-round defeats without scoring a goal. However, it was no more than token resistance as Grange slumped to defeat by 49 runs, their second reverse in a row. Kent slumped to 70 for five and forgot about attempting to win; their objective was simply to avoid defeat. It was scrapped at Prestwick in 1993, when passenger numbers slumped to 50,000. Selby Town slumped to their first home defeat since October following a dismal display against Denaby United. Synonyms decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, get worse, slip, lapse informal go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, nosedive, take a nosedive noun slʌmpsləmp 1A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something. a slump in profits Example sentencesExamples In the wake of this fact comes the third and most obvious consensus point namely that the markets are being driven down by the slump in tech stock prices. The plan has been severely criticized by many members of the public for interfering with the property market and causing a slump in apartment prices. The personal wealth of some of Ireland's most high profile technology executives has been decimated by the continuing slump in technology share prices. Industry sources said that the slump in value reflected the pain being felt by companies across the private equity industry. Landlords in central London, many of whom are Irish, are experiencing a difficult time as residential rents continue to fall due to a slump in corporate lettings. Blaming the drop on a surge in producer prices and a slump in fixed investment last year, analysts predicted that growth would continue to slow in 2005. They will also go down badly with some City investors, who would like Allen to resign after a slump in the share price from 148p to 104p. Mr Greenspan added that a recent wave of accounting scandals that has swept through corporate America, triggering a slump in global share prices, is nearly over. These have been compounded by the huge slump in share price values that most analysts predict will not be recovered. If that proves to be the case, Burgundy, which has seen a slump in prices, could breathe a sigh of relief. The dramatic slump in the share value is all the more galling for investors, who had come to rely on the defensive food sector in times of economic uncertainty. A slump in equity prices cuts their profits; even worse it erodes their solvency ratios. Also, a slump in property prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers. After the slump in profits since mid 2000, my daughter could have told me that. The oil price slump in 1985 created severe adjustment problems. There is talk of a massive fall in profits and a slump in turnover - talk that some outposts of the empire were simply not performing well enough to survive. Hong Kong has been trying to fight deflation for four consecutive years, but a slump in property prices there started even before that. The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens. Unlike some previous recessions, the current US slowdown seems to have been caused not by reluctant consumers, but by a sudden slump in company spending. Niedermeier attributed the slump to the price falls in most local shares. Synonyms steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet, downturn, downswing, slide, decline, falling off, decrease, lowering, devaluation, depreciation meltdown informal nosedive 1.1 A prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment. he had survived two world wars and a slump mass noun periods of slump Example sentencesExamples Last year, you were among the first national politicians to talk about the economic slump. But although the news was welcomed by those who had feared an economic slump, US shares opened slightly lower. The world was mired in economic slump, which brought with it mass unemployment and wage cuts. The domestic economy is in a slump, and unemployment in Hualien is particularly serious. Orchestras around the country are facing drastic budget crises, worsened by the economic slump and the consequent downturn in attendance as well as in corporate support. With the economy pulling out of a shallow slump, pre-election unemployment topped out at a mere 5.7%. After the Wall Street crash, which led to a worldwide slump in economic growth, the world reverted to protectionism. Chen was elected with just a plurality in a three-man race in 2000 and has since presided over an economic slump. People always tend to be more cautious during an economic slump. What we were trying to do was bring forward investment to pull the economy out of its slump. The story inevitably starts with the economic slump of the early 1930s. The only segment in which Gleeson does expect a rebound is in the financial sector, where she is expecting a raft of merger and acquisition activity to follow the slump. This was followed by a slump in investment, widespread bankruptcies and over a million Americans losing their jobs. The government also advised that it expects a shortfall in tax revenues, because of the economic slump, and that it was stepping up its programme of building shelters for the unemployed and homeless. The inability of the political establishment to find a coherent response to the economic slump of the Great Depression furthered the growth of the right wing. In an economic slump, business costs that were once low priority take on new importance for the bottom line. As always in an economic slump, cash is once again king, and companies are going all out to make sure they have enough of it. How can the regulations be changed while the country remains unstable, with a continuing economic slump and resultant widespread economic hardship? Unfortunately, this budget balancing threatens to worsen the economic slump. Two things did more than anything to usher in a new upturn in struggle - the black nationalist message of Marcus Garvey and the economic slump of the Great Depression. Synonyms recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown, trough, credit crunch stagnation, stagflation hard times informal bust 1.2 A period of substantial failure or decline. Arsenal's recent slump Example sentencesExamples The number of visitors to libraries has halved since 1984 and could further slump to a terminal decline in the next 20 years, a charity has warned. Population growth and concentration made cyclical slumps and harvest failures increasingly difficult to mediate or relieve. At least Boro have no injuries to worry about, save for the damage to morale caused by their recent slump. The army has responded to the recruiting slump by increasing the number of recruiters and offering bigger sign-up bonuses. Eddy added that the decision not to raise excise rates was to enable the cigarette companies to restructure, following the recent slump in cigarette sales. American players may well have witnessed some amount of stock market volatility, but despite the recent share slumps, 2000's corporate performance was impressive. The rise represented a significant recovery following a slump of 2.7% in the previous year. It has to be said, before we consider the paper's own circulation since her arrival, that the whole market has been hit by a slump in the past year. The station has seen a recent slump in numbers due to people leaving through retirement or ill health. Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the area each year and despite the recent slump in tourism local hoteliers are reaping the benefits of Sundberg's visit. I'm not certain the slowdown in capital spending will last - the data show a similar slump in the first quarter of each of the past three years. Jack McKeon's team can blame its failure to return to the postseason on a long slump beginning Memorial Day. The government pledged not to raise excise rates on cigarettes this year to allow the industry to recover from a slump. Weekend occupancy rates at hotels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments are high and many say they have yet to experience a slump after the summer holiday season. As the companies that make PCs try to recover from their worst slump in years, you'll find incredible deals on new systems during the holiday shopping season. Whereas the U.S. textile industry has shown noticeable recoveries from slumps in previous years, it is not showing signs of recovery in its most recent cycle. High-tech manufacturers showed some of the sharpest declines, reflecting a slump in telecommunications and the dot-coms. But there was in fact a slump for some years which lasted quite a while. After a heartbreaking summer which reached the highest number of road deaths in recent years, August and September witnessed a slump on comparative years. The grouse population has traditionally been prone to yearly fluctuations, but global warming is being blamed in some quarters for a sustained slump in numbers. Derivatives slumpy adjective Pity the young, for whose benefit they marched, for what are they to do in a free market that considers them excess labour in a slumpy economy? Example sentencesExamples Where should we put our money then to save for retirement if a slumpy economy comes to pass? His spent his off season shipping of the slugger for the scrappy but slumpy speedster. Origin Late 17th century (in the sense 'fall into a bog'): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe 'to fall'. slough from Old English: A slough is a swamp (slōh in Old English), and a slough of despond a condition of despondency, hopelessness, and gloom. The phrase comes from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), where it is the name of a deep boggy place between the City of Destruction and the gate at the beginning of Christian's journey. Slump (late 17th century) originally meant to fall in a bog and probably came from the sound that would be made. The economic sense is late 19th century. Slough in southern England also takes its name from Old English slōh, not the most appealing of origins. To add to the unglamorous town's image problems, the English poet John Betjeman wrote of it in 1937: ‘Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! / It isn't fit for humans now.’ The slough meaning the skin shed by a snake is Middle English and originally meant ‘skin’ in English. It may be related to Low German sluwe ‘husk, peel’. Rhymes bump, chump, clump, crump, dump, flump, frump, gazump, grump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump Definition of slump in US English: slump verbsləmpsləmp [no object] 1with adverbial Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply, especially with a bent back. she slumped against the cushions Denis was slumped in his seat Example sentencesExamples He slumped heavily into the bed next to me, and I pulled the comforter over him and inched closer. He slowly relaxed and slumped back to lean against the bath as his body adjusted. She instantly collapsed on the bench and slumped over to lean on Kita for support. Not even bothering to take off his leather jacket or boots, he slumped heavily onto the futon to his right. He slumped heavily into his armchair and busied himself with his smoking accoutrements. Puzzled, Preter hesitantly did as he was told and slumped limply to the ground. She slid dejectedly into her seat, slumping a little and propping her head up on her desktop, her fingers halfway into her hair, and closed her eyes for a moment. Tatiana was slumped back in her seat, her arms crossed, and a frown on her face. Kait sighed and slumped her shoulders, leaning her forehead against the door frame. I slumped and leaned against the trailer before my knees could give way underneath me. ‘It's done,’ she pronounced, slumping heavily into an overstuffed armchair and peeling off her disposable latex gloves. It was dark out and most of the passengers were slumped down in their seats. A girl three rows ahead of them was slumped into her seat, practically snoring. I leaned back, slumping in my chair again, Blake sighing at my side. The little girl slumped limply out of his arms and fell fast asleep, her arms wrapped around her baby brother. Most kids would be slumped in their seats, glaring at me for presuming to be the Dean, and smacking on gum. Go for an armchair that allows you to sit with your spine upright and feet on the floor, rather than slumping into deep cushions. As his shoulders slumped again, David leaned forward and took his face in his hands. Eric was already slumped in his seat as the Principal began his overly enthusiastic speech. Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office. Synonyms sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside 2Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount. land prices slumped Example sentencesExamples It also lost heavily after buying forward power contracts at the same high prices which later slumped. The milk price had slumped from £1.75 a kilogramme of milk solids to £1 a kilogramme. This basically means selling loads of shares before the attacks and then buying them back once the share price had slumped. Shortly afterwards wool prices slumped, and British depositors began to withdraw funds from the colonial banks. Some experts are warning that prices could slump by up to 30%. A York estate agent today hit back at reports that house prices are set to slump in villages around York. The firm has suffered in recent years as share prices slumped putting off investors and denting demand for pensions and insurance. Whether international prices slump or go on a meteoritic rise they remain unruffled, as their lifestyle is already being protected by state subsidies. This meant directors and management, who took gambles that endangered the future of businesses or caused share prices to slump, could be held liable for the damage done. As commodities such as coffee or soya flooded into the world market, prices slumped, causing more economic chaos. That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services. When growth slowed, and share prices slumped, they were unable to raise money for further expansion. People who bought homes in these places now find prices have slumped, leaving them trapped and unable to move to find work. The idea was to build up a substantial European mining company but copper prices slumped in 1997. It wouldn't, however, protect you from the negative equity trap if you were forced to move and house prices had slumped. Banks in Europe and the US are reporting lower earnings as slumping stock prices reduce income. This was the first, and largest, of three price slumps that the accident-prone discount retailer had this year. When the task force was putting together its original report, the world price of oil had slumped as low as $10 a barrel. As uncertainty over plans, as yet undisclosed, causes house prices to stagnate or slump, the council could conveniently then offer rock-bottom compensation. But since the merger, the firm's share price has slumped by nearly two thirds. Synonyms fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline, decrease 2.1 Fail or decline substantially. the Giants slumped to an 8–8 record Example sentencesExamples Indeed, by the end of last year, a season in which he slumped to a dismal 133rd on the money list, he had lost his right to even play in Europe. Despite a good start to the season, they have slumped to eighteenth in the division with McAllister fully aware he has no money to spend. From being one of the top performers in 2001 the town has slumped to bottom of a council transport performance list. France have slumped to their lowest position since winning the World Cup in 1998. It was scrapped at Prestwick in 1993, when passenger numbers slumped to 50,000. They slumped to their fifth defeat in six League games, 2-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers. On eight of those occasions, the giant-killers slumped to at least one loss in the following fortnight. London, once one of the top two, has slumped to No 27 with a paltry 7.7m souls. He snapped up six wickets as the capital team, fresh from a surprise win against Greenock, slumped to 103 all out. However, he slumped to a 75, Westwood shot 65 and beat his friend by three clear strokes. It is reported that conservative bosses have launched a probe after the Conservative candidate slumped to third place. India slumped to seven wickets for 80, and Australia was clearly going to win the match in a canter. It left Thompson struggling to put his finger on why his Liverpool side have slumped to just one victory in their last six games. However, it was no more than token resistance as Grange slumped to defeat by 49 runs, their second reverse in a row. However, Saunders' side slumped to a 2-1 defeat in a match that proved just how fickle they were. Three of the top four in the A Section must be cursing their luck, as they slumped to defeats against opposition from the wrong half of the table. Kent slumped to 70 for five and forgot about attempting to win; their objective was simply to avoid defeat. China slumped to three successive first-round defeats without scoring a goal. Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday. Selby Town slumped to their first home defeat since October following a dismal display against Denaby United. Synonyms decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, get worse, slip, lapse nounsləmpsləmp 1A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something. a slump in annual profits Example sentencesExamples After the slump in profits since mid 2000, my daughter could have told me that. There is talk of a massive fall in profits and a slump in turnover - talk that some outposts of the empire were simply not performing well enough to survive. The personal wealth of some of Ireland's most high profile technology executives has been decimated by the continuing slump in technology share prices. These have been compounded by the huge slump in share price values that most analysts predict will not be recovered. Unlike some previous recessions, the current US slowdown seems to have been caused not by reluctant consumers, but by a sudden slump in company spending. Hong Kong has been trying to fight deflation for four consecutive years, but a slump in property prices there started even before that. Mr Greenspan added that a recent wave of accounting scandals that has swept through corporate America, triggering a slump in global share prices, is nearly over. In the wake of this fact comes the third and most obvious consensus point namely that the markets are being driven down by the slump in tech stock prices. Blaming the drop on a surge in producer prices and a slump in fixed investment last year, analysts predicted that growth would continue to slow in 2005. Also, a slump in property prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers. Industry sources said that the slump in value reflected the pain being felt by companies across the private equity industry. Landlords in central London, many of whom are Irish, are experiencing a difficult time as residential rents continue to fall due to a slump in corporate lettings. Niedermeier attributed the slump to the price falls in most local shares. The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens. A slump in equity prices cuts their profits; even worse it erodes their solvency ratios. The plan has been severely criticized by many members of the public for interfering with the property market and causing a slump in apartment prices. The oil price slump in 1985 created severe adjustment problems. If that proves to be the case, Burgundy, which has seen a slump in prices, could breathe a sigh of relief. They will also go down badly with some City investors, who would like Allen to resign after a slump in the share price from 148p to 104p. The dramatic slump in the share value is all the more galling for investors, who had come to rely on the defensive food sector in times of economic uncertainty. Synonyms steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet, downturn, downswing, slide, decline, falling off, decrease, lowering, devaluation, depreciation 1.1 A prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment. Example sentencesExamples Two things did more than anything to usher in a new upturn in struggle - the black nationalist message of Marcus Garvey and the economic slump of the Great Depression. Unfortunately, this budget balancing threatens to worsen the economic slump. As always in an economic slump, cash is once again king, and companies are going all out to make sure they have enough of it. People always tend to be more cautious during an economic slump. Last year, you were among the first national politicians to talk about the economic slump. The world was mired in economic slump, which brought with it mass unemployment and wage cuts. But although the news was welcomed by those who had feared an economic slump, US shares opened slightly lower. The domestic economy is in a slump, and unemployment in Hualien is particularly serious. In an economic slump, business costs that were once low priority take on new importance for the bottom line. This was followed by a slump in investment, widespread bankruptcies and over a million Americans losing their jobs. The government also advised that it expects a shortfall in tax revenues, because of the economic slump, and that it was stepping up its programme of building shelters for the unemployed and homeless. How can the regulations be changed while the country remains unstable, with a continuing economic slump and resultant widespread economic hardship? The inability of the political establishment to find a coherent response to the economic slump of the Great Depression furthered the growth of the right wing. After the Wall Street crash, which led to a worldwide slump in economic growth, the world reverted to protectionism. Chen was elected with just a plurality in a three-man race in 2000 and has since presided over an economic slump. The only segment in which Gleeson does expect a rebound is in the financial sector, where she is expecting a raft of merger and acquisition activity to follow the slump. With the economy pulling out of a shallow slump, pre-election unemployment topped out at a mere 5.7%. What we were trying to do was bring forward investment to pull the economy out of its slump. The story inevitably starts with the economic slump of the early 1930s. Orchestras around the country are facing drastic budget crises, worsened by the economic slump and the consequent downturn in attendance as well as in corporate support. Synonyms recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown, trough, credit crunch 1.2 A period of substantial failure or decline. the organization's recent slump Example sentencesExamples The rise represented a significant recovery following a slump of 2.7% in the previous year. After a heartbreaking summer which reached the highest number of road deaths in recent years, August and September witnessed a slump on comparative years. The number of visitors to libraries has halved since 1984 and could further slump to a terminal decline in the next 20 years, a charity has warned. The army has responded to the recruiting slump by increasing the number of recruiters and offering bigger sign-up bonuses. Population growth and concentration made cyclical slumps and harvest failures increasingly difficult to mediate or relieve. Jack McKeon's team can blame its failure to return to the postseason on a long slump beginning Memorial Day. I'm not certain the slowdown in capital spending will last - the data show a similar slump in the first quarter of each of the past three years. But there was in fact a slump for some years which lasted quite a while. It has to be said, before we consider the paper's own circulation since her arrival, that the whole market has been hit by a slump in the past year. As the companies that make PCs try to recover from their worst slump in years, you'll find incredible deals on new systems during the holiday shopping season. The government pledged not to raise excise rates on cigarettes this year to allow the industry to recover from a slump. Eddy added that the decision not to raise excise rates was to enable the cigarette companies to restructure, following the recent slump in cigarette sales. High-tech manufacturers showed some of the sharpest declines, reflecting a slump in telecommunications and the dot-coms. Whereas the U.S. textile industry has shown noticeable recoveries from slumps in previous years, it is not showing signs of recovery in its most recent cycle. American players may well have witnessed some amount of stock market volatility, but despite the recent share slumps, 2000's corporate performance was impressive. Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the area each year and despite the recent slump in tourism local hoteliers are reaping the benefits of Sundberg's visit. The station has seen a recent slump in numbers due to people leaving through retirement or ill health. At least Boro have no injuries to worry about, save for the damage to morale caused by their recent slump. Weekend occupancy rates at hotels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments are high and many say they have yet to experience a slump after the summer holiday season. The grouse population has traditionally been prone to yearly fluctuations, but global warming is being blamed in some quarters for a sustained slump in numbers. Origin Late 17th century (in the sense ‘fall into a bog’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall’.
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