(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.
(n.) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
(v. i.) To droop, as the head.
(v. i.) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
(v. t.) To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the Meadow Inn hotel, these statistics are embodied in a depressing tableau of punters slouched on stools, jabbing at flashing buttons.
(2) Clearly, Page 3 is ridiculous and anachronistic, and it never fails to astonish my American friends when they come to Britain (although I'm not quite sure why they should be so shocked, seeing as most of them come from the city of Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, which is no slouch itself at reducing women to sex objects ).
(3) With due respect to Donovan's apparent replacement, Brad Davis, the left-footed set piece threat he offers doesn't, at first glance, outweigh the other areas of the game where Donovan still looks a better option (and Donovan's no slouch on set pieces either, it should be noted).
(4) Mario Götze, Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos, André Schürrle, Shkodran Mustafi and Roman Weidenfeller enacted an old football chant that had previously only been seen on the terraces, jumping and waving as they sang "That's what the Germans look like," then slouching with hanging heads to the words "That's what the Gauchos (Argentinians) look like".
(5) He accepted the description used by Bob Geldof, well known for his own use of Anglo-Saxon words, as “no slouch” when it comes to swearing.
(6) It also confers a responsibility on the audience to be attentive, to "assist" (as the French say) the performance: there is no room to slouch or hide in this tiny arena.
(7) These animals became lethargic, slouched and developed dyspnoea which became progressively more severe during the course of the study.
(8) I was due to interview 2 Chainz properly tomorrow, but he's in a carpe diem mood: "If I'm saying let's do it, then you should take advantage," he says, slouched in a chair with a blunt in his hand.
(9) Close up your counting house on Christmas Eve and watch your clerk slide homewards along the ice slide on Cornhill, before slouching around the corner to take your “melancholy dinner” in the “usual melancholy tavern”.
(10) Putin looked relaxed before the meeting, slouching in his chair, while Yanukovych sat bolt upright and spoke with long pauses between sentences.
(11) However, when individual behavioral responses were considered, the change in lymphocyte activation during separation was significantly related to behavioral responses which reflected disturbance, such that the change in lymphocyte activation following in vitro stimulation with the mitogens phytohemagglutinin and Concanavalin A (markers of the immunocompetence of T lymphocytes) was related to levels of vocalization and time spent in slouched postures.
(12) With Labor unable to provide its base with any compelling reason to vote, Australia goes to the polls today in a mood of generalised cynicism – and Abbott's likely to slouch towards Canberra as a result.
(13) There is a satirical cartoon doing the rounds online in Russia that depicts a figure slouched in front of a television set, both the screen and the anonymous viewer’s brain filled with identical swirls of bewildering electronic static.
(14) Now, when I went in to register the agents looked up in hope that I’d come to offer my property for sale, then collapsed in a disappointed slouch.
(15) Gray is quick and found himself with the whole of the United half to run into but Luke Shaw is no slouch either and caught up with the striker.
(16) A slouching gaggle of twentysomethings have come to watch these qualifying battles live, though most of them don't arrive until after lunchtime.
(17) Most of those present are teenagers not old enough to vote, slouching on beanbags, texting or nodding their heads to the beat on their headphones.
(18) Later Maxine Carr would insist that on her return from Grimsby the entire duvet and its cover were cleaned and wet in the washing machine, although Ian Huntley (a 'slob' who slouched on the couch, never washed up, never used the vacuum cleaner) didn't even know how to use the machine.
(19) Tsarnaev slouched; his hair was large and fluffy, and he wore a scrappy beard on his chin.
(20) He’s got an extraordinary network of donors around the country and I know he’ll be a strong candidate if he runs.” Rubio, who no slouch in fundraising, would have to catch up to Bush and Romney.
Slouchy
Definition:
(a.) Slouching.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alas we fear season three might mean more slouchy tees and boot-cut slacks.
(2) For example, coats fastened at the hip with bracelet's length of heavy chain, but engineered so that they moved fluidly; a black and red tweed coat was based on a 1968 vintage coat, but the tweed remade in a rubberised, modern version; tunic-and-trousers offered as a cool cocktail hour look, a highlight being one all black look with a matt crepe top edged with silky black ruffles at the hip, over slouchy trousers.
(3) and slouchy posture, except in one crucial aspect – next month, a new series airs on HBO that Dunham has written, directed, produced and stars in , and that, judging by the first three episodes, is going to be a huge hit.
(4) The overall mood was the one Wang has made his own: slouchy, cool, off-duty style that never looks like it tries too hard.
(5) I love how he wears them all with a slouchy air of bohemian fabulousness and boring old slacks.
(6) The first outfit was full of Wangisms: a crop top, slouchy trousers and lots of studs on the model’s shoes and earrings.
(7) Philo throws out an idea one season – casually, like a small smooth pebble she found in the pocket of her perfectly slouchy black trousers – and the ripples are seen in other designers’ collections for seasons to come.