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slounge

slounge verb: to move in a slouching manner.

Verb

slounge (third-person singular simple present slounges, present participle slounging, simple past and past participle slounged)

  1. (UK, archaic, intransitive) To move in a slouching manner.
    • At this he gathered his mutilated limbs to the centre of gravity, and like a genuine coward slounged away, the express image of baseness in ruins.1833, John Kennedy, Geordie Chalmers; or, the Law in Glenbuckie, page 165
    • [T]hey pass along the streets of our cities, with the slounging gait, and careless, awkward swagger of men who have no idea that personal carriage forms a subject of the slightest importance.1859, Alexander Walker, Hours off and on Sentry, page 171

Forms of slounge

third-person singular presentslounges
present participleslounging
past participleslounged
pastslounged

Questions about slounge

What does slounge mean?
Slounge means to move in a slouching manner.
What part of speech is slounge?
Slounge is a verb.
What is the past tense of slounge?
The past tense of slounge is slounged.

Words near slounge in the dictionary

  1. sloughlands
  2. sloughs
  3. sloughs of despond
  4. sloughs off
  5. sloughy
  6. slounge
  7. slounged
  8. slounges
  9. slounging
  10. Slovack
  11. Slovacks

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