slouch

Noun · Verb
US[slouch]/slaʊtʃ/1 syllable
Synonyms: slump

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions“he's no slouch when it comes to baseball”Type of incompetent, incompetent person
  2. a stooping carriage in standing and walkingType of carriage, bearing

Verb (2)slouched, slouching

  1. assume a drooping posture or carriageSynonyms: slumpMore general sag, droop
  2. walk slovenlyMore general walk

Related words slouchy adjective, slump verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Slouch noun

Origin: Cf. Icel. sl…kra slouching felloew, and E. slack, slug, a lazy fellow.

1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.

2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. colloquial

Slouth hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.

Slouch intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Slouched; present participle & verbal noun Slouching.]

1. To droop, as the head.

2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. colloquial

Slouch transitive verb

To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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