Slump
verb
To sit, lean or fall heavily and suddenly, especially because you are tired, relax or give up hope.
He came home from work and slumped on the sofa.
Often appears as...
- slump in a chair
- slump on the couch
verb
In business, to fall suddenly and by a large amount.
Shares have slumped to their lowest level this year.
Often appears as...
- slump in sales
- slump in prices
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Academic
noun
A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
The property market is in a slump.
Often appears as...
- economic slump
- sales slump
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Disapproving
Academic
noun
A period of substantial failure or decline.
The team is going through a slump.
Often appears as...
- slump in form
- performance slump
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Disapproving
noun
In geology, the downward slipping of a mass of rock or unconsolidated material moving as a unit along a curved surface.
The landscape was shaped by the slow slump of the mountain.
Often appears as...
- landslide slump
- soil slump
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Technical
verb
To sit, lean or fall heavily and suddenly, especially because you are tired, relax or give up hope.
He came home from work and slumped on the sofa.
Often appears as...
- slump in a chair
- slump on the couch
verb
In business, to fall suddenly and by a large amount.
Shares have slumped to their lowest level this year.
Often appears as...
- slump in sales
- slump in prices
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
The property market is in a slump.
Often appears as...
- economic slump
- sales slump
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
noun
A period of substantial failure or decline.
The team is going through a slump.
Often appears as...
- slump in form
- performance slump
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In geology, the downward slipping of a mass of rock or unconsolidated material moving as a unit along a curved surface.
The landscape was shaped by the slow slump of the mountain.
Often appears as...
- landslide slump
- soil slump
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Exhaustion
Use 'slump' to describe someone giving way under fatigue.
After the marathon, exhausted, I slumped against the wall.
Pro Tip 2/3Loss of Hope
Shows sudden despair or disappointment.
Seeing the results, she slumped onto the bench, heartbroken.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Visual
Illustrates a gloomy or dejected posture.
He slumped in defeat as the final buzzer sounded.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Exhaustion
Use 'slump' to describe someone giving way under fatigue.
After the marathon, exhausted, I slumped against the wall.
Pro Tip 2/3Loss of Hope
Shows sudden despair or disappointment.
Seeing the results, she slumped onto the bench, heartbroken.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Visual
Illustrates a gloomy or dejected posture.
He slumped in defeat as the final buzzer sounded.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Exhaustion
Use 'slump' to describe someone giving way under fatigue.
After the marathon, exhausted, I slumped against the wall.
Pro Tip 2/3Loss of Hope
Shows sudden despair or disappointment.
Seeing the results, she slumped onto the bench, heartbroken.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Visual
Illustrates a gloomy or dejected posture.
He slumped in defeat as the final buzzer sounded.
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Embrace the Shake PIPE Phil...
The same thing the next day, and then the next, quickly slipping into a creative slump. And I was in a dark place for a long time, unable to create. And it didn't make any sense, because I was finally able to support my art, and yet I was creatively blank.
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Why some people find...
of how we see the world through own mind's eye. I'm going to give you just a few. So dieters, for instance, see apples as larger than people who are not counting calories. Softball players see the ball as smaller if they've just come out of a slump,
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Why sitting is bad for...
Your spine is a long structure made of bones and the cartilage discs that sit between them. Joints, muscles and ligaments that are attached to the bones hold it all together. A common way of sitting is with a curved back and slumped shoulders,
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The most important thing...
I said, "Sure." But when I showed up, the lecture hall was cavernous and dark. As I tracked the history of the carbon cycle through geologic time to present day, most of the students were slumped over, dozing or looking at their phones.
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Palenque and the Ancient...
portraits but in the three-dimensional portraits as well the ear ornaments that were slumped you know next to him there were not on him they were on the Jade mask this is a it's a mask of life right Jade the color green that that it
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Michael Green: What the...
And armed with this information, policy makers were, eventually, able to find a way out of the slump. And because Kuznets' invention was found to be so useful, it spread around the world. And now today, every country
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How we can help the...
She held me accountable and, along the way, she convinced me that I had the power to create my own story. That formula didn't just help me get out of my seventh grade slump --
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Cupcakes Gone Bad PIPE Do...
help but is it too late she slumps over her body goes limp now we're taking you back to the moments before Michelle passes out she's choking and on the
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Tranquilising a Black...
hold it's just beginning to you'll see him slump and what he's doing right now sure he's not pretending job well that's easy to test about ready to go
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Poetry for the Red White...
bodies slumped under the bright have in wait a thunderous fall in sky locked in
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Embrace the Shake PIPE Phil...
The same thing the next day, and then the next, quickly slipping into a creative slump. And I was in a dark place for a long time, unable to create. And it didn't make any sense, because I was finally able to support my art, and yet I was creatively blank.
Video examples
Why some people find...
of how we see the world through own mind's eye. I'm going to give you just a few. So dieters, for instance, see apples as larger than people who are not counting calories. Softball players see the ball as smaller if they've just come out of a slump,
Video examples
Why sitting is bad for...
Your spine is a long structure made of bones and the cartilage discs that sit between them. Joints, muscles and ligaments that are attached to the bones hold it all together. A common way of sitting is with a curved back and slumped shoulders,
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The most important thing...
I said, "Sure." But when I showed up, the lecture hall was cavernous and dark. As I tracked the history of the carbon cycle through geologic time to present day, most of the students were slumped over, dozing or looking at their phones.
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
portraits but in the three-dimensional portraits as well the ear ornaments that were slumped you know next to him there were not on him they were on the Jade mask this is a it's a mask of life right Jade the color green that that it
Video examples
Michael Green: What the...
And armed with this information, policy makers were, eventually, able to find a way out of the slump. And because Kuznets' invention was found to be so useful, it spread around the world. And now today, every country
Video examples
How we can help the...
She held me accountable and, along the way, she convinced me that I had the power to create my own story. That formula didn't just help me get out of my seventh grade slump --
Video examples
Cupcakes Gone Bad PIPE Do...
help but is it too late she slumps over her body goes limp now we're taking you back to the moments before Michelle passes out she's choking and on the
Video examples
Tranquilising a Black...
hold it's just beginning to you'll see him slump and what he's doing right now sure he's not pretending job well that's easy to test about ready to go
Video examples
Poetry for the Red White...
bodies slumped under the bright have in wait a thunderous fall in sky locked in
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Nas
American Musician
I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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Mark Foster
American Musician
I was afraid of the sophomore slump even before our first record came out. It was a very real fear because I'd watched so many bands I'd loved in the past not deliver. I knew it was a very real thing. I didn't know why it happens, but I'd been thinking about it a lot.
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Shinzo Abe
Japanese Statesman
Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.
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Louis Oosthuizen
South African Athlete
On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can bet I'm feeling good about it. Otherwise, I'd change. That's how I avoid slumps.
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Shania Twain
Canadian Musician
I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.
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Hank Aaron
American Baseball Player
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
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Frank Langella
American Actor
What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.
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Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
Whatever happens will happen, that's the rollercoaster of life. What matters is how you handle the slumps.
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Laurence J. Peter
Canadian Writer
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
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Nas
American Musician
I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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Mark Foster
American Musician
I was afraid of the sophomore slump even before our first record came out. It was a very real fear because I'd watched so many bands I'd loved in the past not deliver. I knew it was a very real thing. I didn't know why it happens, but I'd been thinking about it a lot.
Quote examples
Shinzo Abe
Japanese Statesman
Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.
Quote examples
Louis Oosthuizen
South African Athlete
On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can bet I'm feeling good about it. Otherwise, I'd change. That's how I avoid slumps.
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Shania Twain
Canadian Musician
I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.
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Hank Aaron
American Baseball Player
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
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Frank Langella
American Actor
What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.
Quote examples
Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
Whatever happens will happen, that's the rollercoaster of life. What matters is how you handle the slumps.
Quote examples
Laurence J. Peter
Canadian Writer
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
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