verb, noun
verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to stand, sit or move in a lazy way, often with your shoulders and head bent forward:
Several students were slouching against the wall. * Sit up straight. Don't slouch. * He slouched across the room and collapsed in a chair.
noun [usuallysing.] a way of standing or sitting in which your shoulders are not straight, so that you look tired or lazy
IDIOMS
be no slouch (informal) to be very good at sth or quick to do sth:
She's no slouch on the guitar.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for slouch is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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