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Sloucher

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Noun

1. sloucher

a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sloucher

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to sit or stand with a drooping bearing
2. (intransitive)
to walk or move with an awkward slovenly gait
3. (transitive)
to cause (the shoulders) to droop
noun
4. 
a drooping carriage
5. (usually used in negative constructions) informal
an incompetent or slovenly person
he's no slouch at football

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Sloucher

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noun
1.  US
a. 
a person who is awkward or lazy
b.  Informal
a person who is incompetent
usually with a negative
she's no slouch at golf
2. 
a. 
a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders
b. 
slovenly posture in general
3. 
a hanging down or drooping, as of a hat brim
verb intransitive
4. 
to sit, stand, walk, etc. in a slouch
5. 
to droop, as a hat brim
verb transitive
6. 
to cause to slouch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sloucher

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v. slouched, slouch·ing, slouch·es
v.intr.
1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping posture.
2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
v.tr.
To cause to droop; stoop.
n.
1. An awkward, drooping posture or gait.
2. Slang An awkward, lazy, or inept person: good at chess and no slouch at bridge, either.

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