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Pronunciation : Slump
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.]
Definition : Defn: The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slump
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.]
Definition : Defn: To lump; to throw into a mess. These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slump
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slump
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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