Slouch

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.]
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     {Slouth hat}, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slouch \Slouch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slouched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Slouching}.]
     1. To droop, as the head.
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     2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slouch \Slouch\, v. t.
     To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth
     the hat.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  237 Moby Thesaurus words for "slouch":
     amble, andante, arm, barge, bay, bayou, bend, blockhead, blunderer,
     blunderhead, bog, boor, botcher, bowl along, bum, bum around,
     bumbler, bundle, bungler, cave, cave in, claudication,
     clock watcher, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, clump,
     cove, crawl, creek, creep, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, dead march,
     decline, diddler, dillydallier, do nothing, do-nothing, dogtrot,
     dolittle, dolt, doodler, drag, droop, faineant, fen, flop,
     flop down, flounce, flump, flump down, foot, footpace, footslog,
     founder, fumbler, funeral march, gait, gallop, gaum, gawk,
     gentleman of leisure, give way, go down, goldbrick, goldbricker,
     goof off, goof-off, gowk, gulf, halt, hang around, harbor,
     hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, hunch, idle, idleness, idler,
     indolence, jog, jog trot, jolt, jump, klutz, laggard, lapse, laze,
     laziness, lazy, lazybones, lean, leisurely gait, lie around, limp,
     lingerer, loaf, loafer, lobster, lock step, loiter about, loiterer,
     loll, loll around, loller, lollop, lollop around, looby, lop,
     lotus-eater, lough, lounge, lounge around, lounger, lout, lower,
     lubber, lumber, lumbering pace, lump, lunge, lurch, malingerer,
     marsh, marshland, meathead, mince, mincing steps, mire,
     mooch around, moon, moon around, mope, moper, morass, no slouch,
     oaf, ox, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, plop, plop down,
     plump, potterer, prance, putterer, quagmire, rack, roll, sag,
     sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, set, settle, settle down,
     shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, sink, sink down, sit around,
     skip, slink, slither, slog, slothfulness, slouch around, sloucher,
     slough, sloven, slow march, slow motion, slowness, slubberer, slug,
     slugabed, sluggard, sluggishness, slump, slump down, stagger,
     stalk, stamp, stand around, step, stick-in-the-mud, stomp, stoop,
     straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump,
     submerge, subside, sump, swag, swagger, swampland, swing,
     time killer, time waster, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread,
     trifler, trip, trollop, trot, trudge, velocity, waddle,
     waiter on Providence, walk, wamble, wiggle, wilt, wobble, yokel