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plural slouches
A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance examples
Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. examples
Someone who is slow to act. quotations examples
In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.
16 September 2014, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian
(dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. examples
third-person singular simple present slouches, present participle slouching, simple past and past participle slouched
(intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture examples
(intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. examples
(transitive) To cause to hang down or droop; to depress. quotations examples
[…] then he slouched his head down on the table and pretended to sleep.
1896, Duncan Campbell Scott, In the Village of Viger, page 107
Disappointment slouched him into the pew.
2012, Kim Vogel Sawyer, When Hope Blossoms, page 281