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slouch

[ slouch ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
  2. to move or walk with loosely drooping body and careless gait.
  3. to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to droop or bend down, as the shoulders or a hat.

noun

  1. a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders; an awkward, drooping posture or carriage.
  2. an awkward, clumsy, or slovenly person.
  3. a lazy, inept, or inefficient person.

    Synonyms: , ,

slouch

/ ʊʃ /

verb

  1. intr to sit or stand with a drooping bearing
  2. intr to walk or move with an awkward slovenly gait
  3. tr to cause (the shoulders) to droop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a drooping carriage
  2. informal.
    usually used in negative constructions an incompetent or slovenly person

    he's no slouch at football

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܳ󾱲Բ, adjective
  • ˈdzܳ󾱲Բly, adverb
  • ˈdzܳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzܳİ noun
  • dzܳiԲ· adverb
  • ܲ·dzܳ adjective
  • ܲ·dzܳiԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of slouch1

First recorded in 1505–15; origin uncertain
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of slouch1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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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!

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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.

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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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The director of revered films like “Traffic,” “Erin Brockovich” and “Magic Mike” slouches as he speaks, but is alert and engaged throughout our 90-minute conversation.

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Trump, the “rough beast slouching toward Washington,” embodies the unraveling Yeats foresaw — a figure of disruption whose ascent marks a profound fracture in the democratic order.

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