SLOUCH

slouch

(noun) a stooping carriage in standing and walking

slouch

(noun) an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions; “he’s no slouch when it comes to baseball”

slouch

(verb) walk slovenly

slump, slouch

(verb) assume a drooping posture or carriage

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

slouch (plural slouches)

A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance

Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.

Someone who is slow to act.

(dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

Verb

slouch (third-person singular simple present slouches, present participle slouching, simple past and past participle slouched)

(intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture

(intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.

(transitive) To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

Source: Wiktionary

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Slouch, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. sla 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. [Colloq.] Slouth hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.

Slouch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slouched; p. pr. & vb. n. Slouching.]

1. To droop, as the head.

2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]

Slouch, v. t.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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