slʌm n. & v. --n. 1 an overcrowded
and squalid back street,
district,
etc., usu. in a
city and inhabited by
very poor people. 2 a
house or
building unfit for human habitation. --v.intr. (slummed, slumming) 1 live in slumlike conditions. 2 go
about the slums
through curiosity, to
examine the
condition of the inhabitants, or for
charitable purposes. øslum
clearance the demolition of slums and rehousing of
their inhabitants. slum it colloq. put up
with conditions
less comfortable than usual. øøslummy adj. (slummier, slummiest). slumminess n. [19th
c.: orig. cant]