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slouch
[slouch]
verb (used without object)
to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
to move or walk with loosely drooping body and careless gait.
to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat.
verb (used with object)
to cause to droop or bend down, as the shoulders or a hat.
noun
a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders; an awkward, drooping posture or carriage.
an awkward, clumsy, or slovenly person.
a lazy, inept, or inefficient person.
Synonyms: , ,
slouch
/ ʊʃ /
verb
(intr) to sit or stand with a drooping bearing
(intr) to walk or move with an awkward slovenly gait
(tr) to cause (the shoulders) to droop
noun
a drooping carriage
informal(usually used in negative constructions) an incompetent or slovenly person
he's no slouch at football
Other Word Forms
- sloucher noun
- slouchingly adverb
- unslouched adjective
- unslouching adjective
- ˈdzܳԲ adjective
- ˈdzܳԲly adverb
- ˈdzܳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of slouch1
Word History and Origins
Origin of slouch1
Example Sentences
Scotland still have the disappointment of slouching on their sofas this summer instead of strutting their stuff in Switzerland at the Euros.
“They were no slouches, and this wasn’t their first rodeo,” Jonathan Youssef said of the burglars.
He said he found Mr Combs there in a towel, slouched on a chair with a "devilish" look on his face, and a broken vase on the floor.
Shoulders slouched, head bowed and wearing nothing but a pair of moccasins, the dying Indian is an emblem of extinction — or extermination.
"I had a bad back but I always have one because I'm 5'11 and slouch in my job every day, so it was no more than normal," she said.
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