- a way of standing or sitting in which your shoulders are not straight, so that you look tired or lazyTopics Personal qualitiesc2Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lazy, slovenly person’): of unknown origin. Slouching was used to mean ‘hanging down, drooping’ (specifically describing a hat with a brim hanging over the face), and ‘having an awkward posture’ from the 17th cent.
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Idioms
See slouch in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe no slouch
- (informal) to be very good at something or quick to do something
- She's no slouch on the guitar.
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