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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)
4.
to cause to droop or bend down, as the shoulders or a hat.
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Slouched
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noun
5.
a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders; an awkward, drooping posture or carriage.
6.
an awkward, clumsy, or slovenly person.
8.
a lazy, inept, or inefficient person.
Origin:
1505–15; origin uncertain
1505–15; origin uncertain
Related forms
slouch·er, noun
slouch·ing·ly, adverb
un·slouched, adjective
un·slouch·ing, adjective
Synonyms
8. laggard, loafer, sluggard.
8. laggard, loafer, sluggard.
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Word Origin & History
slouch
1515, "lazy man," variant of slouk (1570), perhaps from O.N. slokr "lazy fellow," and related to slack on the notion of "sagging, drooping." Meaning "stooping of the head and shoulders" first recorded 1725. The verb meaning "walk with a slouch" is from 1754. Slouch hat first attested 1837.
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