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
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
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