slouch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions
    • he's no slouch when it comes to baseball
  2. noun a stooping carriage in standing and walking
  3. verb assume a drooping posture or carriage
    slump.
  4. verb walk slovenly

WordNet

Slouch noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. slkra slouching felloew, and E. slack, slug, a lazy fellow.
Definitions
  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. Colloq.
Slouch intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slouched ; present participle & verbal noun Slouching
Definitions
  1. To droop, as the head.
  2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. Colloq.
Slouch transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.

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