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Definition of Slouch
1. Noun. An incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions. "He's no slouch when it comes to baseball"
2. Verb. Assume a drooping posture or carriage. "There slouch some children in the rocking chair"
3. Noun. A stooping carriage in standing and walking.
4. Verb. Walk slovenly. "The children slouch to the playground"
Definition of Slouch
1. n. 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. v. i. To droop, as the head.
3. v. t. To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
Definition of Slouch
1. Noun. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance ¹
2. Noun. any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. ¹
3. Noun. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. ¹
4. Verb. to hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slouch
1. to sit, stand, or move with a drooping posture [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slouch
Literary usage of Slouch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"slouch. To slouch is to flag, to hang down for want of inherent stiffness, ...
B. " No weather pleaseth: it is colde, therefore the slouch will not plow. ..."
2. Talking Business by John Mantle Clapp, L. N. Andres (1919)
"Do Not slouch In the first place, do not slouch. Most of us do that nearly all
the time. We do not stand erect. We stand on one foot, with bent knees, ..."
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