SLOUCH


Meaning of SLOUCH in English

■ verb

1》 stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way.

2》 dated bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards.

■ noun

1》 a lazy, drooping posture or movement.

2》 [usu. with negative ] informal an incompetent person: he was no ~ at making a buck.

3》 a downward bend of a hat brim.

Derivatives

~y adjective

Origin

C16 (in the sense 'lazy, slovenly person'): of unknown origin.

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