Category:Slump

Slump, n. Etym: [cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, dan. slump a quantity, And e. slump, v.t.]

Defn: the gross amount; the mass; the lump. [scot.]

Slump Slump, v. t. Etym: [cf. Lump; also sw. slumpa to bargain for the Lump.]

Defn: to lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups. . . are exclusively slumped together under That sense. Sir w. Hamilton.

Slump Slump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.] Etym: [scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, A marsh, a swamp.]

Defn: to fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a Surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, Etc., not strong enough to bear the person. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may Slump. Barrow.

Slump Slump, n.

1. A boggy place. [prov. Eng. & scot.]

2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, Miry place. [scot.]