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slouch (verb)

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  • slouch — ► VERB 1) stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way. 2) dated bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards. ► NOUN 1) a lazy, drooping posture or movement. 2) informal an incompetent person: he was no slouch at making a buck. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

  • slouch — 1510s, lazy man, variant of slouk (1570), perhaps from O.N. slokr lazy fellow, and related to SLACK (Cf. slack) on the notion of sagging, drooping. Meaning stooping of the head and shoulders first recorded 1725. The verb meaning walk with a… …   Etymology dictionary

  • slouch — verb 1》 stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way. 2》 dated bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards. noun 1》 a lazy, drooping posture or movement. 2》 [usu. with negative] informal an incompetent person: he was no slouch at making a buck …   English new terms dictionary

  • slouch — [[t]sla͟ʊtʃ[/t]] slouches, slouching, slouched 1) VERB If someone slouches, they sit or stand with their shoulders and head bent so they look lazy and unattractive. Try not to slouch when you are sitting down... [V prep/adv] She has recently… …   English dictionary

  • slouch — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1515 1. a. an awkward fellow ; lout b. one that is unimpressive; especially a lazy or incompetent person used in negative constructions < was no slouch at cooking > 2. a gait or posture characterized by an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • slouch — slouch1 [ slautʃ ] verb intransitive to sit, walk, or stand with your shoulders bent forward and your head low so that you look lazy: Don t slouch stand up straight. slouch slouch 2 [ slautʃ ] noun singular a lazy way of sitting, walking, or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • slouch — I UK [slaʊtʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms slouch : present tense I/you/we/they slouch he/she/it slouches present participle slouching past tense slouched past participle slouched to sit, walk, or stand with your shoulders bent forwards… …   English dictionary

  • slouch — /slaʊtʃ / (say slowch) verb (i) 1. to sit or stand in an awkward, drooping posture. 2. to move or walk with loosely drooping body and careless gait. 3. to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat. –verb (t) 4. to cause to droop or bend down, as… …  

  • slouch — 1. noun a) A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch. b) any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. The plant hung in a permanent slouch …   Wiktionary

  • slouch — 1 verb (I) to stand, sit, or walk with a slouch: Stop slouching, it s not good for your back. | I slouched in my chair. slouchingly adverb 2 noun 1 (singular) a way of standing, sitting, or walking with your shoulders bent forward that makes you… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • slouch — 1. verb 1) sit up straight don t slouch! Syn: slump, hunch; loll, droop 2) he just slouched, pretending to work Syn: lounge, loaf, laze, loll, idle, do nothing 2. noun …   Thesaurus of popular words

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