slumming Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
    slum.
    • attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century

WordNet


Slum"ming verbal noun
Definitions
  1. Visiting slums.

Webster 1913