EGAVE

slouch

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.
    He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.
  2. noun Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
    The plant hung in a permanent slouch.
  3. noun Someone who is slow to act.
  4. noun An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
  5. verb To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
    Do not slouch when playing a flute.
  6. verb To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
    I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.
  7. verb To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

Similar words

slump droop drooping limping limp lumbering loom gloom shambling claudicant

Often followed by

hat hats in of and at when or as

Word family

slouched sloucher slouchers slouches slouching

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