as in slug
a lazy person
is no slouch when it comes to cooking
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Recent Examples of slouch
PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
Haliburton is no slouch either — in fashion or basketball.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
What rough wireless provider, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Los Angeles to be born?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Noun
DaVinci Resolve Studio is no slouch for collaboration.
—PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
Haliburton is no slouch either — in fashion or basketball.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
Verb
Trump, not one to slouch from a fight, could hold back no longer.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
What rough wireless provider, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Los Angeles to be born?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouch
Noun
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Other than the small slug of stock each of the venture firms sold at $33, the rest of their holdings are subject to a lock-up period, meaning all of the current value is currently just on paper.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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Anthony Santander remains weeks away from hitting due to an early-season shoulder injury, and Toronto could target a rental power hitter to replace his switch-hitting slug.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Pitmaster Roy Perez ceremoniously dragged a metal tub of hot coals up Commerce Street to transfer the fire from the old pits to the new ones.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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Charlie's sudden, grotesque exit becomes the catalyst for the rest of the film, dragging her family down a relentless tailspin of grief (and ancestral demons).—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The Kremlin’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian population centers have ramped up sharply this year, leaning heavily on cheap-to-manufacture drone swarms that are intended to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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On most of SpaceX's missions, Falcon 9 boosters land on the company's offshore drone ships hundreds of miles downrange from the launch site.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ever since Google emerged as the home page of the Web in the early 2000s, media outlets operated under the assumption that Google would reliably crawl their sites and send audience their way.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 July 2025
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Silver floral detailing crawled along the right hip of the gown and the left side of Lohan’s midsection.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Verb
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Across the Volunteer State, temperatures are expected to creep down as July ends and August begins.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
29 July 2025
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So, how long will that last, especially with artificial intelligence seemingly creeping into every aspect of life?—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The Romantic Hill House’s romantic shirt dress style pairs well with masculine loafers and an elegant raffia tote.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
29 July 2025
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In another photo, Magic and Cookie smile for the camera, with the basketball icon donning slacks and loafers and his wife wearing a sleeveless Prada dress.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Fuller has pushed back on these claims by sharing the app's source code for shuffling and dealing virtual cards.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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The Dolphins’ shuffling along the offensive line can be viewed through two different prisms.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 July 2025
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“Slouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slouch. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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