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slouch
[ slouch ]
verb (used without object)
- to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- to move or walk with loosely drooping body and careless gait.
- to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to droop or bend down, as the shoulders or a hat.
noun
- a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders; an awkward, drooping posture or carriage.
- an awkward, clumsy, or slovenly person.
- a lazy, inept, or inefficient person.
Synonyms: , ,
slouch
/ ʊʃ /
verb
- intr to sit or stand with a drooping bearing
- intr to walk or move with an awkward slovenly gait
- tr to cause (the shoulders) to droop
noun
- a drooping carriage
- informal.usually used in negative constructions an incompetent or slovenly person
he's no slouch at football
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܳԲ, adjective
- ˈdzܳԲly, adverb
- ˈdzܳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dzܳİ noun
- dzܳiԲ· adverb
- ܲ·dzܳ adjective
- ܲ·dzܳiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of slouch1
Word History and Origins
Origin of slouch1
Example Sentences
"I had a bad back but I always have one because I'm 5'11 and slouch in my job every day, so it was no more than normal," she said.
He slouches casually on the velour sofa between bites of granola and sips of black coffee.
Zhoie Perez slouched against the holding cell wall in Men’s Central Jail and closed her eyes, hoping a guard would jolt her awake with the words she’d been waiting for: The bus is here!
President Joe Biden slouched off to Bethlehem in his best William Butler Yeats fashion Wednesday night, speaking to the American people for the last time as president.
A once-proud empire, the envy of the rest of the world, slouches toward decadence and spectacle under the hand of emperors for whom the cruelty, and the entertainment value, are often the point.
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