[slʌmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply
(e.g: she slumped against the cushions)

- undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount
(e.g: land prices slumped)


Phrases:

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

[slʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something
(e.g: a slump in profits)


Phrases:

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