Slouch1. (n.) A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
2. (n.) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
3. (v. i.) To droop, as the head.
4. (v. i.) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
5. (v. t.) To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
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