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Slouch
Definitions
- 1 A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
"He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch."
- 2 a stooping carriage in standing and walking wordnet
- 3 Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
"The plant hung in a permanent slouch."
- 4 an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions wordnet
- 5 Someone who is slow to act.
"In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress."
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- 6 An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. dated
- 1 To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture intransitive
"Do not slouch when playing a flute."
- 2 walk slovenly wordnet
- 3 To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. intransitive
"I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat."
- 4 assume a drooping posture or carriage wordnet
- 5 To cause to hang down or droop; to depress. transitive
"[…] then he slouched his head down on the table and pretended to sleep."
Etymology
Unclear. Perhaps from Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”). See also Swedish sloka (“to slouch, wilt”), related to Swedish slak (“slack, soft and flexible”) and Latin laxus (“loose, slack”).
Unclear. Perhaps from Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”). See also Swedish sloka (“to slouch, wilt”), related to Swedish slak (“slack, soft and flexible”) and Latin laxus (“loose, slack”).
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