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• Slumping
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• Slump

(1):

(v. i.) To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; - said of masses of earth or rock.

(2):

(n.) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

(3):

(v. t.) To lump; to throw into a mess.

(4):

(n.) A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc.

(5):

(v. i.) To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points.

(6):

(v. i.) 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.

(7):

(n.) A boggy place.

(8):

(n.) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.