1. the practice of visiting places of lower social status for amusement or out of curiosity

1. visiting places considered to be of lower social status for entertainment or curiosity
Usage: present participle of ‘slum’

Examples

• The wealthy tourists were slumming in the old part of town.
• She accused him of slumming when he visited the dive bar.
• The college students went slumming in the warehouse district.
• His slumming expeditions made the locals uncomfortable.
• They were just slumming for the weekend before returning to their mansion.
• The practice of slumming was popular among the upper class in the 1920s.