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   Slump (?), n. [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.] The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]
   
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   Slump, v. t. [Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.] To lump; to throw into a mess.
   
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   These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.
   
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   Slump, v. 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.
   
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   The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. Barrow.
   
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   2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.
   
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   3.  To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, “the stock slumped ten points”. [Colloq.]
   
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   Slump, n.
   1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   
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   2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]
   
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   3. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, “a slump in trade, in stock market prices, in a batter's average, etc.” [Colloq.]
   
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