[sluhm] 
noun, verb, slummed, slum⋅ming.| 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. |
| 3. | to visit slums, esp. from curiosity. |
| 4. | to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status. |
| slum (slŭm) n. A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural. intr.v. slummed, slum·ming, slums To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement. [Origin unknown.] slum'mer n., slum'my adj. |