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English Dictionary: slouch by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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, slouch]
  2. walk slovenly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.]
  
      {Slouth hat}, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slouch \Slouch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slouched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slouching}.]
      1. To droop, as the head.
  
      2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slouch \Slouch\, v. t.
      To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth
      the hat.
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