| NOUN | person | slouch | an incompetent person |
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| attribute | slouch | a stooping carriage in standing and walking | |
| VERB | motion | slouch, slump | assume a drooping posture or carriage |
| motion | slouch | walk slovenly |
| Sounds | slaw'ch | |
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| Rhymes | couch ... vouch: 7 rhymes with awch... | |
| Meaning | An incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions. | |
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| Example | "he's no slouch when it comes to baseball" | |
| Broader | incompetent, incompetent person | someone who is not competent to take effective action |
| Spanish | gandul, holgazán, vago | |
| Meaning | A stooping carriage in standing and walking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | carriage, bearing, posture | characteristic way of bearing one's body |
| Adjectives | slouchy | lacking stiffness in form or posture |
| Verbs | slouch | walk slovenly |
| slouch | assume a drooping posture or carriage | |
| Meaning | assume a drooping posture or carriage. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children slouch in the rocking chair; There slouch some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonym | slump | |
| Broader | sag, droop, swag, flag | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness |
| Spanish | caer en recesión, encorvarse, inclinarse | |
| Catalan | corbar-se, encorbar-se | |
| Nouns | slouch | a stooping carriage in standing and walking |
| sloucher | a person who slouches | |
| Meaning | walk slovenly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children slouch to the playground | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | andar desgarbadamente | |
| Nouns | slouch | a stooping carriage in standing and walking |
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