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slouch

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1. slouch - Noun

2. slouch - Verb

Meaning

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.

An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

To droop, as the head.

To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.

To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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All socialists have bad backs because we slouch - except when we're watching the news when we sit on the edge of our seats, shout, and wave our arms. Generally we sit hunched, arms crossed in a judgemental way, the whole of our bodies pulled into a frown. Jeremy Hardy

In my Spanish cloak, And old slouch hat, And overshoes of felt, And Tyke, my faithful dog, And my knotted hickory cane, I slipped about with a bull's-eye lantern From door to door on the square. Edgar Lee Masters

I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets? Brenda Blethyn

I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three. Jack Palance

Yes, I slouch. My mother tells me that. George Clooney

I shot down two airplanes in Korea, so I wasn't a slouch. Buzz Aldrin

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