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slump
English
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“to sell off”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Verb
slump (third-person singular simple present slumps, present participle slumping, simple past and past participle slumped)
- (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
- (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
- (intransitive) To slouch or droop.
- (transitive) To lump; to throw together messily.
- These different groups […] are exclusively slumped together under that sense.
- To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance (sermon)
- The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance (sermon)
- (slang) (transitive) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.
Translations
Noun
slump (plural slumps)
- A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
- (slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.
- 2004, Jonathan Tolins, The Last Sunday in June
- TOM. We haven't had sex with each other in five months.
- MICHAEL. We're in a slump, I know that."
- 2004, Jonathan Tolins, The Last Sunday in June
- (slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.
- A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
- (Britain, dialect) A boggy place.
- (Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
- (Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
Derived terms
- slumplike
Translations
Anagrams
- Plums, lumps, plums
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb slumpa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?mp/
Noun
slump m (definite singular slumpen, indefinite plural slumpar, definite plural slumpane)
- random event, chance, happenstance
- Eg valde han ut på slump.
- I picked it randomly.
- Eg valde han ut på slump.
- a good amount, quite a bit
- Eg vann ein god slump pengar i går.
- I won quite a bit of money yesterday.
- Eg vann ein god slump pengar i går.
Verb
slump
- imperative of slumpa
Further reading
- “slump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Noun
slump m (plural slumps)
- slump (decline)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
slump c
- chance, happenstance
Declension
Derived terms
- slumpartikel
Related terms
- slumpvariabel
- slumpa
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promenade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??m?n??d/, /p??m??n??d/, (rare) /?p??m?ne?d/, /p??m??ne?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??m??ne?d/, /p??m??n?d/
- Rhymes: -??d, -e?d
Noun
promenade (plural promenades)
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:
- The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Synonyms
- (a place to walk): esplanade
Translations
Verb
promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)
- To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
- To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Derived terms
- promenader (agent noun)
Translations
Anagrams
- open-armed
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French promenade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pro?.m??na?.d?/
- Hyphenation: pro?me?na?de
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Noun
promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)
- promenade
French
Etymology
promener +? -ade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??m.nad/
- Rhymes: -ad
- Homophone: promenades
Noun
promenade f (plural promenades)
- walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment)
Derived terms
- promenade de santé
Descendants
Further reading
- “promenade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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