- slouch (v.)
- "walk with a slouch," 1754, from slouch (n.). Related: Slouched; slouching.
- slouch (n.)
- 1510s, "lazy man," variant of slouk (1570), perhaps from Old Norse slokr "lazy fellow," and related to slack on the notion of "sagging, drooping." Meaning "stooping of the head and shoulders" first recorded 1725. Slouch hat first attested 1837.