Usually means: Stagnant period of low activity.
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  1. doldrums: Merriam-Webster
  2. doldrums: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doldrums: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doldrums, the doldrums: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doldrums: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doldrums, doldrums: Wordnik
  7. the doldrums: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. doldrums: Wiktionary
  9. doldrums: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. doldrums: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. doldrums: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. doldrums, the doldrums: Dictionary.com
  13. doldrums: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. doldrums: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Doldrums (band), Doldrums (disambiguation), Doldrums, The Doldrums (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Doldrums: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. doldrums: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. doldrums, the doldrums: Rhymezone
  19. Doldrums: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. Doldrums: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. doldrums: FreeDictionary.org
  22. doldrums: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  24. doldrums: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. doldrums: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. doldrums, the doldrums: Encyclopedia

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  1. doldrums: A Word A Day
  2. doldrums: Idioms

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  1. the doldrums: Urban Dictionary

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  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Doldrums: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (doldrums)

noun:  Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
noun:  (nautical) Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.
noun:  (nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.

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