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Meanings of slouch in English

Catalan
corbar-se
Spanish
caer en recesión

Assume a drooping posture or carriage.

corbar-se
Usage of slouch in English
1
The man in the slouch hat remained in the street to watch.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
2
Kelly was no slouch when it came to good sense and willpower.
Michael's discovery
3
In the mouth of the slouch-hatted, unshaven driver was a corn-cob pipe.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
4
Nor has Germany been a slouch in its pandemic economic policy either.
The Guardian
5
She may be only five, Louis thought, but she's sure no slouch.
Pet Sematary
6
I used to slouch a lot, now I slouch a bit less.
The Guardian
7
Sundays I would visit my parents and slouch around until Monday morning.
The Irish Times
8
One waitress, slouch-backed, gum-chewing; could be the sister of the desk clerk.
The Book of Skulls
9
It is lonely genius, a slim, dark figure in a slouch hat.
The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story
10
Millennials are the most apathetic generation to ever ironically slouch toward adulthood.
Wired
11
It gently vibrates when you slouch, nagging you to correct your posture.
Wired
12
He smiled to see her and took off his great slouch hat.
The Red Redmaynes
13
Jackie still sat at the table in a kind of introspective slouch.
Dexter’s Final Cut
14
Mrs. Dana, if popular and old-fashioned, was no slouch as a botanist.
The new yorker
15
He wears a slouch hat, around which a green puggaree coils lovingly.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
16
Hastily he threw off his handkerchief, slouch hat, old coat and trousers.
The Exploits of Elaine
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Translations for slouch
Slouch through the time
Slouch across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common