Definition of "slum" in English

noun

1. (countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

   • I saw that most of those who were spending from eight to fifteen pounds monthly had the advantage of scholarships. I had before me examples of much simpler living. I came across a fair number of poor students living more humbly than I. One of them was staying in the slums in a room at two shillings a week and living on two pence worth of cocoa and bread per meal from Lockhart's cheap Cocoa Rooms.

2. (slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.

verb

1. (intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.

2. (intransitive, UK, slang, dated) To saunter about in a disreputable manner.

noun

1. (slang) Slumgullion; a meat-based stew.

noun

1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Nonsense; humbug.