slouch

Meanings

Noun

• A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
• Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
• Someone who is slow to act.
• An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

Verb

• To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
• To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
• To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

Origin

• From Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr ("a slouching, lazy fellow"), cognate to Swedish sloka ("to wilt, slouch").