1. a poor, overcrowded urban area with substandard housing and living conditions

1. to visit places considered beneath one’s social status, often for entertainment or curiosity
Usage: informal

Examples

• The charity works to improve conditions in the city’s slums.
• Many families were forced to live in slums due to poverty.
• The government announced plans to clear the slums and build new housing.
• She grew up in a slum but worked hard to escape poverty.
• The wealthy tourists were accused of slumming in the poor neighborhoods.
• He was slumming it at the dive bar with his college friends.