slouch

Other forms of slouch

plural

slouches·

past tense

slouched·

present participle

slouching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slouch

What does slouch mean?

slouch means "an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slouch?

slouch has 1 syllable: slouch. In IPA it is /ˈslaʊtʃ/.

What is another word for slouch?

Close synonyms include slump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slouch a common word?

slouch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.