slum /slʌm/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.Go to the half built-upon slums behind Battlebridge […] you will find groups of boys […] squatting in the mud, among the rubbish, the broken bricks, the dust-heaps, and the fragments of timber […] — 1855 •(slang) Slumgullion; a meat-based stew. •(slang) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.Another hanky pank is the darts and balloons. No gaffs, no grift, nothing phoney. Game for the kids and the family. Get a dozen gross of slum and pass it out to the kids, and everybody'll love you. — 1976 •(slang, no longer used) Nonsense; humbug.And this, without more slum began, / Over a flowing pot-house can, / To settle, without botheration, / The rigs of this here tip-top nation. — 1820 verb2 •To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.The princess goes slumming. — 1953 •(slang, old-fashioned) To saunter about in a disreputable manner. formsslummed · slumming · slums
