slump
To collapse heavily or helplesslyTo collapse heavily or helplessly.
» The man slumped to the floor.
Der Mann sackte zusammen und fiel auf den Boden.
Meaning
6 senses(intransitive)To collapse heavily or helplessly.
Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.
absinken, zusammensacken, zusammenbrechen
оседа́тьosedátʹ, рухнутьruxnutʹ
звалитисяzvalytysja, падатиpadaty
fall or sink heavily
(intransitive)To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
(intransitive)To slouch or droop.
(transitive)To lump; to throw together messily.
(intransitive)To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
(slang, transitive)To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.
Examples
58 sentencesThe man slumped to the floor.
deDer Mann sackte zusammen und fiel auf den Boden. — Tamy
Tom slumped into a chair, exhausted.
ruИзмождённый Том плюхнулся в кресло. — odexed
deTom ließ sich erschöpft auf einen Stuhl fallen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He seems to be in a slump.
Tom has been in a slump lately.
The stock market is in a prolonged slump.
ruРынок акций находится в затяжном падении. — megaton
Translations
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Origin
Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), NoProbably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Norwegian slumpa (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“randomize; to sell off”), Swedish slump (“chance, randomness, happenstance”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”).
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Forms
slumps, slumping, slumped, slumpedSynonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle