SLOUCHING

Verb

slouching

present participle of slouch

Noun

slouching (plural slouchings)

The posture of someone who slouches.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Slouch"ing, a.

Definition: Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.

SLOUCH

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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