slump
slump /sl'ʌmp/ (slumps slumping slumped)
1 [VERB] V prep, V prep, also V
If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
Net profits slumped by 41%...
Government popularity in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level since the 1970s.
[N-COUNT] oft N in n
Slump is also a noun.
...a slump in property prices.
2 [N-COUNT]
A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
...the slump of the early 1980s.
= recession
3 [VERB] V prep/adv, V-ed
If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.
She slumped into a chair...
He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.
1 [VERB] V prep, V prep, also V
If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
Net profits slumped by 41%...
Government popularity in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level since the 1970s.
[N-COUNT] oft N in n
Slump is also a noun.
...a slump in property prices.
2 [N-COUNT]
A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
...the slump of the early 1980s.
= recession
3 [VERB] V prep/adv, V-ed
If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.
She slumped into a chair...
He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.