Dictionary![]() ![]() slumPronunciation: (slum), [key] —n., v., slummed, slum•ming. —n. 1. Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people. 2. any squalid, run-down place to live. —v.i. 1. to visit slums, esp. from curiosity. 2. to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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