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slouched

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slouch  (slouch)
v. slouched, slouch·ing, slouch·es
v.intr.
1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture.
2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
v.tr.
To cause to droop; stoop.
n.
1. An awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture or gait.
2. Slang An awkward, lazy, or inept person: good at chess and no slouch at bridge, either.
[Origin unknown.]
sloucher n.
slouchi·ly adv.
slouchi·ness n.
slouchy adj.
Translations
slouched [ˈslaʊtʃt] adj
to be slouched → être avachi(e)
She was slouched in a chair → Elle était avachie sur une chaise.


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But at last with a growl he shook his head and slouched off, for bears will not touch dead meat.
Fables by Aesop View in context
This canteen (with a funnel on its top, like a cavalier cap slouched over the eyes) was set on edge upon the puncheon, with the hole toward myself; and through this hole, which seemed puckered up like the mouth of a very precise old maid, the creature was emitting certain rumbling and grumbling noises which he evidently intended for intelligible talk.
The Angel of the Odd by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
So he went with him, and, not long afterwards, they met a man who wore a little hat, but he had it slouched over one ear.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
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