slouch

Etymology
Unclear. Perhaps from, from. See also 🇨🇬, related to and.

Noun

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

Usage notes
In the sense of "someone who is slow to act", sometimes used in the negative as a statement of praise. Being "no slouch" at something is generally understood to mean that the subject is respectably good in the field described.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 寒背
 * Czech: hrbení se
 * Finnish: roikottaminen ; kyyhöttäminen ; ,
 * German:, herumhängen ;


 * Finnish: lerpahdus;
 * German: Durchhänger


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
 * 2)  To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
 * 3)  To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.
 * 1)  To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.
 * 1)  To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

Translations

 * Czech: hrbit se
 * Spanish:


 * Czech: vláčet se, šourat se