as in slug
a lazy person
is no slouch when it comes to cooking
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Recent Examples of slouch
Andrew Depietro, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Dell Curry was no slouch, averaging 11.7 points and earning $19.8 million over a 16-year NBA career that ended in 2002.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Correct Your Posture Bad posture, especially slouching or jutting your head forward, can put excess strain on your jaw and neck muscles.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The average household income is no slouch, being $234,386 per year.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Dell Curry was no slouch, averaging 11.7 points and earning $19.8 million over a 16-year NBA career that ended in 2002.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Verb
This includes multiple sections where your quick-moving hero is replaced with a lumbering 30-foot-tall mech, which slouches pitifully down straight corridors toward encounters with equally large demons.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Correct Your Posture Bad posture, especially slouching or jutting your head forward, can put excess strain on your jaw and neck muscles.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouch
Noun
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Cone snails are one of the most venomous animals on Earth, with approximately 600-700 species of slugs in existence, according to the Ocean Conservancy (OC).—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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To tell the difference: check plants over carefully for slimy slug trails.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
Verb
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The plucky little superdog drags Superman to the Fortress of Solitude, where he is treated by a posse of robots.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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That’s good for everyone, even expat journalists dragging their kids along to cover a new story.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Over the past week, Russia launched around 1,270 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Russia fired more than 100 drones at civilian areas of Ukraine overnight, authorities said.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
Verb
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In particular, website owners and SEO experts wanted to know how Cloudflare planned to block Google's bot from scraping sites to fuel AI overviews without risking blocking the same bot from crawling for valuable search engine placements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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Both are unable, under any circumstances, to resist crawling under someone doing a downward-facing dog.—
Erika Sjule,
New Yorker,
8 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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From the Viking Mars orbiters and landers of the 1970s through the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, which are still operating today, the Red Planet has crept from the dreadful waste seen by Mariner 4 to a place once covered in shallow oceans and with a possibly temperate atmosphere.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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Battling Tool Sprawl Decision fatigue creeps in when consultants juggle a dozen unintegrated AI assistants, each with its own prompt syntax, data connectors and permission model.—
Noah Ohrner,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Suede loafers and a paracord bracelet add balance to keep things interesting and fashion-forward.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
5 July 2025
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The silence is delightfully interrupted by three older men dressed in loafers and Hawaiian shirts conversing animatedly in Greek over a half-empty box of almond cookies.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 July 2025
Verb
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All week, campers were shuffled from one activity to the next, mixing games, prayers and church services with lectures that coincide with lessons from the Bible.—
Paul Bersebach,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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Guevara, 47, has been shuffled through three detention sites despite Immigration Judge James Ward’s decision to grant him bond on July 1, according to The Associated Press.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
9 July 2025
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“Slouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slouch. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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