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slouch |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slouch \Slouch\, n. [Cf. Icel. sl?kra 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slouch \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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slouch \Slouch\, v. t. To cause to hang down to depress at the side as to slouth the hat. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slouch n 1: an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions: "he's no slouch when it comes to baseball" 2: a stooping carriage in standing and walking v 1: assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: {slump}] 2: walk slovenly
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