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Definition of 'slouch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) slouch
to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.

2.  slouch
to move or walk with drooping body and shuffling gait.

3.  slouch
to have a droop or downward bend, as a hat.

4. (v.t.) slouch
to cause to droop or bend down, as the shoulders or a hat.

5. (n.) slouch
an awkward, drooping posture.

6.  slouch
an awkward person.

7.  slouch
a lazy, inept person.

Etymology: (1505–15; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'slouch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) slouch
an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions
"he's no slouch when it comes to baseball"

2. (verb) slouch
a stooping carriage in standing and walking

3. (verb) slump, slouch
assume a drooping posture or carriage

4. (verb) slouch
walk slovenly

Definition of 'slouch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) slouch
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. (noun) slouch
an awkward, heavy, clownish fellow

3. (verb) slouch
to droop, as the head

4. (verb) slouch
to walk in a clumsy, lazy manner

5. (verb) slouch
to cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat

Translation of 'slouch'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to sit, move or walk with shoulders rounded and head hanging He slouched sulkily out of the room; He was slouching in an armchair.
Afrikaans: sitlê	Arabic: يَمْشي بِتَراخٍ	Bulgarian: мъкна (се)
Brazilian: molengar	Czech: jít/sedět shrbeně	German: krumm sitzen, gehen
Danish: sjoske; sidde henslængt	Greek: καμπουριάζω, περπατάω ή σ	Spanish: andar con un aire gacho,
Estonian: löntsima, kössis istuma	Farsi: قوز كردن	Finnish: olla kumarassa
French: être affalé; traîner les	Hebrew: לַנוּע בְּרִפיוֹן	Hindi: भद्देपन से चलना
Croatian: nemarno se držati (hodati	Hungarian: lomhán csoszog; hanyagul	Indonesian: bersikap lesu
Icelandic: sitja/ganga/standa hokinn	Italian: stravaccarsi, (camminare	Japanese: 前かがみになる
Korean: 몸을 구부정하게 하게하고 걷거나 앉다	Lithuanian: būti sudribusiam, gūrinti	Latvian: būt/iet sakumpušam
Malay: membongkok	Dutch: slungelig lopen, hangen	Norwegian: sitte/gå lutende
Polish: iść/siedzieć w opuszczoną	Persian: قوز كردن	Pashto: كړوپ تلل، كړوپېدل، ځنګېدل
Portuguese: molengar	Romanian: a se pleoşti; a se moleşi	Russian: сутулиться, горбиться
Slovak: chodiť / sedieť zhrbene;	Slovenian: sedeti kot kup nesreče	Serbian: poguriti se
Swedish: gå (sitta, stå) hopsjunke	Thai: นั่ง ยืน หรือเดินหลังโกง	Turkish: kamburunuçıkararak oturma
Taiwanese: 沒精打采的姿態	Ukrainian: сутулитися, горбитися	Urdu: ڈھیلا ڈھالا، جھکا جھکا چل
Vietnamese: đi vai thõng xuống	Chinese: 无精打采地站（或坐、走）
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