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# slouch

«slouch» in Mova's school dictionary: **to sit, stand or walk with your shoulders rounded and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (slouch, slouches, slouched, slouching); noun (a slouch, slouches)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To slouch is to sit, stand or walk with your shoulders rounded and your head hanging forward, in a lazy, droopy way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#m1)

2) A slouch is that droopy way of sitting or standing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#m2)

3) (informal) "No slouch" means very good at something: she's no slouch at maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#m3)

4) A slouched hat is a soft hat with a brim that hangs down loosely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health and PE lessons, slouching at a desk or over a phone is bad posture and can make your back ache; sit up straight with your back supported. In stories, a slouching character may be bored, tired, sad or sulky. A slouch hat is a soft hat with a wide brim, famous in Australian army uniform.

### examples

- Don't slouch at your desk; sit up straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x1)
- He slouched off to his room in a huff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x2)
- The teenager slouched on the sofa looking at his phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x3)
- Slouching over a screen can give you a sore neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x4)
- She's no slouch on the football pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x5)
- The tired boy walked with a slouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x6)
- Australian soldiers wore slouch hats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x7)
- He came in, looking like a wild man, and he wore a slouched hat to protect his head from injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/#x8)

### note

Plural noun and verb: slouches. "No slouch" is a compliment, not an insult. Rhymes with "couch".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slouch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slouch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.