v.
- stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way.
- dated bend one side of the brim of (a hat) downwards.
n.
- a lazy, drooping posture or movement.
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[usu. with neg.]
informal an incompetent person:
he was no slouch at making a buck.
- a downward bend of a hat brim.
Derivative
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘lazy, slovenly person’): of unknown origin.