Slouch - English meaning

Slouch – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way.
Usage examples:
He slouched against the wall
Synonims:
Slump Hunch Loll Droop Sag Stoop
verb
Bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards.
Usage examples:
A travelling hat slouched over his eyes

noun
A lazy, drooping posture or movement.
Usage examples:
His stance was a round-shouldered slouch
noun
An incompetent person.
Usage examples:
My brother was no slouch at making a buck
noun
A downward bend of a hat brim.

Slouch translation into English

Slouch: translate from English into Chinese

伛, 伛偻

Slouch: translate from English into Dutch

Slungelig, Slungelen, Slappe gang, Slap lopen

Slouch: translate from English into French

Affalé, Maladroit, Se voûter, Avoir le dos voûté

Slouch: translate from English into German

Schlapp, Hängen, Krumme haltung, Niete, Latschen, Herumhängen, Latschiger gang, Sich lümmeln, Mit hängenden schultern gehen, Mit hängenden schultern sitzen, Mit hängenden schultern stehen

Slouch: translate from English into Hindi

झुकना, आलसी, कामचोर, टेढ़ी टोपी लगाना, भद्दी चाल, टेढ़ी टोपी, टोपी मुँह पर सरका देना, नीची दृष्टि, गंवारू चाल

Slouch: translate from English into Italian

Sciatto, Ciondolare, Trascinarsi

Slouch: translate from English into Korean

서투른 사람, 앞으로 꾸부리다, 축 늘어지다, 고개를 숙이다, 몸을 구부리고 단정치 못하게 걷다, 몸을 구부리고 단정치 못하게 앉다, 몸을 구부리고 단정치 못하게 서다, 앞으로 수그림, 챙이 처진 소포트 모자, 아래로 꺾다, 아래로 처지게 하다

Slouch: translate from English into Russian

Сутулиться, Сутулость, Горбиться, Неуклюжая походка, Лентяй, Неуклюже держаться, Надвигать, Опускать поля, Свисать, Сгорбленность, Опущенные поля

Slouch: translate from English into Spanish

Flexible, Vago, Encorvado, Aire gacho, Andar con un aire gacho, Caminar con los hombros caídos

Word origin

early 16th century (in the sense ‘lazy, slovenly person’): of unknown origin. Slouching was used to mean ‘hanging down, drooping’ (specifically describing a hat with a brim hanging over the f

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Slouch – similar words

slouches

verb
Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way.
Usage examples:
He slouched against the wall

noun
A lazy, drooping posture or movement.
Usage examples:
His stance was a round-shouldered slouch

verb
To stand, sit, or walk with the shoulders and head bent forward
Usage examples:
In a bad mood, the boy slouched off to the beach., he’s developed a slouch from leaning over his bo…

Slouches - all meanings in English

slouched

verb
Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way.
Usage examples:
He slouched against the wall

noun
A lazy, drooping posture or movement.
Usage examples:
His stance was a round-shouldered slouch

noun
An incompetent person.
Usage examples:
My brother was no slouch at making a buck

Slouched - all meanings in English

Slouch synonims

droop

verb
Bend or hang downwards limply.
Usage examples:
A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders

noun
An act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude.
Usage examples:
The exhausted droop of her shoulders

verb
To bend or hang down
Usage examples:
The old woman sighed and pushed back a drooping strand of iron-gray hair.

Droop - all meanings in English

hunch

verb
Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.
Usage examples:
Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow

noun
A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.
Usage examples:
I have a hunch that someone is telling lies

noun
An idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof
Usage examples:
[ + that clause ] i had a hunch that you’d be here., [ i ] we gathered in a circle and hunched over…

Hunch - all meanings in English

loll

verb
Sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way.
Usage examples:
The two girls lolled in their chairs

verb
To lie or sit in a relaxed, informal way, or (esp. of the tongue) to hang loosely
Usage examples:
She lolled in an armchair., the patient lay with her mouth open, her tongue lolling out.

Loll - all meanings in English

sag

verb
Sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.
Usage examples:
She let her head sag lower and lower

noun
A downward curve or bulge in a structure caused by weakness or excessive weight or pressure.
Usage examples:
A sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels

noun
Variant spelling of saag.

Sag - all meanings in English

slump

verb
Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
Usage examples:
She slumped against the cushions

noun
A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
Usage examples:
A slump in profits

verb
To fall heavily and suddenly
Usage examples:
She slumped to the floor in a faint., the old man slumped in his chair, asleep., we both slumped ag…

Slump - all meanings in English

stoop

verb
Bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.
Usage examples:
He stooped down and reached towards the coin

noun
A posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards.
Usage examples:
A tall, thin man with a stoop

noun
A porch with steps in front of a house or other building.
Usage examples:
We've been sitting on the front stoop of an unlit house, blinking into the darkness, waiting, or so…

Stoop - all meanings in English

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