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noun

ˈslau̇ch How to pronounce slouch (audio)
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as in slug
a lazy person is no slouch when it comes to cooking

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slouch

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verb

as in to drag
to move slowly slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral

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Recent Examples of slouch
Noun
Lucky Brand’s 410 model has gone on sale — all the more reason to cosign its deep indigo wash, contrast stitching, mid-rise waist, and subtle slouch. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 Cape Verde qualified by winning a group that included African powers Cameroon, so this team is no slouch. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Verb
Jarvaise, wearing black shades, his shoulder-length hair combed back, sits slouched at the lower center of Taylor’s glowing, yellow canvas. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026 Sam slouched on the horse and looked long out upon this scene with his hollow eyes. — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for slouch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouch
  1. slug
  2. drag
  3. drone
  4. crawl
  5. bum
  6. creep
  7. snail
  8. shuffle
Noun
  • Mulch also helps suppress weeds and dissuades strawberry pests like slugs.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If your garden has been beset by destructive crawling insects like ants, beetles, and slugs, pesticides often seem like the clear solution.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of slug
Verb
  • Pleitez would later tell police she was being confronted by Ahumada and others, who were assaulting her 20-year-old companion and attempting to drag him from the car.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • An agreement could provide momentum for talks to renew the USMCA North American trade pact; US-Mexico talks have dragged on, and the White House has publicly opposed renewing the transcontinental deal.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of drag
Noun
  • At least 28 drones were shot down over the Moscow region, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Telegram.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Romania said an explosive-laden naval drone believed to have been launched by Russia targeted one of its offshore natural gas projects.
    — Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of drone
Verb
  • And imagine the bear, cornered in an unfamiliar lair, seeing the light of the only exit blocked by this larger attacker that did not howl or bark, but crawled silently toward him through the addled dogs.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Tests on Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, Unitree’s G1 and Boston Dynamics’ Spot showed the robots could perform crawling, cartwheels, handstands, soccer kicks and other complex movements across different robotic body types.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawl
Noun
  • For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
  • And for any bum stuff Ted might want confidentially looked at.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bum
Verb
  • The song, from Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail, which some octogenarian readers may remember arriving three days early through an app for the first million Samsung Galaxy owners, had already begun to creep into the younger generation’s consciousness.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But when prices on everything from gas to groceries are steadily creeping upward, sticking to your plans for spending can feel like a losing battle.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of creep
Noun
  • Insects belong to the kingdom Animalia, along with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, octopuses, snails, jellyfish, worms, and many other groups.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Chicks, in particular, eat large quantities of high-protein insect larvae, beetles, flies, snails, spiders and ants.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of snail
Verb
  • Canden Arciniega shuffled on the hot granite terrace on a mid-August morning, counting the names on her list.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Keeping your eye on Bredeson is as hard as tracking a ball beneath shuffling cups.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffle

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