Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slouch"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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
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