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SLOUCHn.

[This word probably belongs to the root of lag, slug.]

1. A hanging down; a depression of the head or of some other part of the body, an ungainly clownish gait.

2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

SLOUCHv.i.

To hang down; to have a down cast clownish look, gait or manner.

SLOUCHv.t.

To depress; to cause to hang down; as, to slouch the hat.