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Webster 1913 Edition
Slump
Slump
,Noun.
[Cf. D.
slomp
a mass, heap, Dan. slump
a quantity, and E. slump
, v.t.] The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
[Scot.]
Slump
,Verb.
T.
[Cf.
Lump
; also Sw. slumpa
to bargain for the lump.] To lump; to throw into a mess.
These different groups . . . are exclusively
slumped
together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.
Slump
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slumped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slumping
.] [Scot.
slump
a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.] 1.
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
,Noun.
1.
A boggy place.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2.
The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
[Scot.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Slump
SLUMP
,Verb.
I.