slouchverb [ I ]
uk/slaʊtʃ/us/slaʊtʃ/to stand, sit, or walk with the shoulders hanging forward and the head bent slightly over so that you look tired and bored:
Straighten your back - try not to slouch.
A couple of boys were slouched over the table reading magazines.
A group of teenagers were slouching around outside the building.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- hunch
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- scrunch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
slouchnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/slaʊtʃ/us/slaʊtʃ/a way of standing, sitting, or walking with the shoulders hanging forward:
He's developed a slouch from leaning over his books all day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- hunch
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- scrunch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
Idiom(s)
be no slouch