slumping

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slumping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slump \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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