slum
verb/slʌm/
/slʌm/
[intransitive] (usually be slumming)
(informal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they slum | /slʌm/ /slʌm/ |
| he / she / it slums | /slʌmz/ /slʌmz/ |
| past simple slummed | /slʌmd/ /slʌmd/ |
| past participle slummed | /slʌmd/ /slʌmd/ |
| -ing form slumming | /ˈslʌmɪŋ/ /ˈslʌmɪŋ/ |
- to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to
- There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin.
Idioms
See slum in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryslum it
- (often humorous) to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to
- Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
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