SLOUCH

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.] Slouth hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.

3.
v.

To droop, as the head.

4.
v.

To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]

5.
v.

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


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