From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slump \Slump\, verb (used without an object) [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.
2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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