slouchingn.
/ˈslaʊtʃɪŋ/ Ungainly walking, lounging or loafing, etc.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > awkward
shailingc1440
shambling1681
slouch1725
slouchinga1764
shamble1826
shail1887
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [noun] > bent posture > slouch
slouch1725
slouchinga1764
slouchiness1891
a1764 R. Lloyd Dialogue 285 As some take stiffness for a grace,..And others, for familiar air Mistake the slouching of a bear.
1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities 80 The men you see standing in groups..are branded lazy fellows, who prefer slouching to any other condition.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
slouchingadj.
/ˈslaʊtʃɪŋ/ 1. Hanging down, drooping; heavy. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > drooping or hanging limply
droop?1507
flagging1540
sag1541
lolling1567
flaggy1576
fagged1578
flag1591
drooping1600
slouching1611
emarcid1661
flaggish1669
slouchy1693
tangly1812
sunken1823
adroop1833
saggy1853
loppy1855
floppy1858
drooped1873
flippy-floppy1905
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Oreilles lasches, slowching, or hanging eares.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 76 A famisht Norman..fell into such a passion against the Pastry-man,..that he flung all the Crust of the Pye at his slouching Chops.
1886 Westm. Rev. 125 85 He had..rather rough-hewn slouching features.
2. Of persons: Having an awkward, stooping, slip-shod carriage or gait; walking or moving with a slouch.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > leisurely or careless
slouching1668
lounging1674
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. xxi. 157 The forcing of a rich, beautiful and vertuous Bride upon some poor slouching Clown.
1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 126 A slouching, moody, drunken sloven.
1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) vii. 146 It did not..enable him to perceive a timid, slouching figure.
1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xi. 95 A slouching young man..touched his hat to me.
3. Of a hat: Having a brim which hangs over the face. Also transferred of other garments, etc.: Hanging down in a loose untidy manner; slovenly.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other
smalleOE
lightc1230
round1402
side-necked1430
wanton1489
Spanish1530
tucked1530
lustya1555
civil1582
open-breasted1598
full1601
everlasting1607
sheeten1611
nothinga1616
burly1651
pin-up1677
slouching1691
double-breasted1701
negligée1718
translated1727
uniform1746
undress1777
single-breasted1796
unworn1798
mamalone1799
costumic1801
safeguard1822
Tom and Jerry1830
lightweight1837
fancy dress1844
wrap-1845
hen-skin1846
Mary Stuart1846
well-cut1849
mousquetaire1851
empire1852
costumary1853
solid1859
spring weight1869
Henri II1870
western1881
hard-boiled1882
man-of-war1883
Henley1886
demi-season1890
Gretchen1890
toreador1892
crossover1893
French cut1896
drifty1897
boxy1898
Buster Brown1902
Romney1903
modistic1907
Peter Pan1908
classic1909
Fauntleroy1911
baby doll1912
flared1928
flare1929
tuck-in1929
unpressed1932
Edwardian1934
swingy1937
topless1937
wraparound1937
dressed-down1939
cover-up1942
Sun Yat-sen1942
utility1942
non-utility1948
sudsable1951
off-the-shoulder1953
peasant1953
flareless1954
A-line1955
matador1955
stretch1956
wash-and-wear1959
layered1962
Tom Jones1964
Carnaby Street1965
Action Man1966
Mao-style1967
wear-dated1968
thermal1970
bondage1980
swaggery1980
hoochie1990
mitumba1990
kinderwhore1994
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > having a brim > with brim which hangs over face
slouching1691
slouch1812
1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 406 I go to the Lawyers..with my great Slouching-Hat.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 354 Next then the slouching Sledo, and our huge Button, And now our Coats, flanck broad, like Shoulder Mutton.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxiv. 129 Enveloped from head to foot in an old, frowsy, slouching horse-cloth.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. vi. 96 They wear the sombrero, or broad slouching hat of Spain.
1878 B. Harte Man on Beach 115 His thought was not always clothed in the best language, and often appeared in the slouching, slangy undress of the place and period.
4. Marked or characterized by a slouch or clumsy stooping carriage or bearing.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] > bending > in a slouch
slouchinga1773
a1773 Ld. Chesterfield (Todd) The awkward, negligent, clumsy, and slouching manner of a booby.
1774 in Burke Corr. (1844) I. 513 Formerly they had a slouching, slovenly air. Now every peasant..is erect and soldier-like.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xliv. 434 The man..lingered with slouching steps by the wayside.
1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 16 He [was] followed by the dumb man with bent head and slouching gait.
Derivatives
ˈslouchingly adv. in a slouching or slovenly manner.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in leisurely or careless manner
saunteringly1842
loungingly1855
slouchingly1858
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adverb] > slouching
slouchingly1858
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adverb]
sluttily1440
untidilyc1440
sluttishly1491
slovenly1548
sloven-like1589
slouchingly1858
slouchily1890
messily1914
1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 106 Men lounging about..in slouched attitudes, and slouchingly attired.
1889 M. E. Carter Mrs. Severn II. ii. ii. 141 Man and dog advanced slouchingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.a1764
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