slumper
UK/ˈslʌmpə/US/ˈslʌmpɚ/
slumper noun: a person who slumps or slouchs; a sloucher, drooper.
Noun
slumper (plural slumpers)
- A person who slumps or slouchs; a sloucher, drooper.
- Then, as soon as you walk away from the mirror, you slump into the old comfortable position, with the result that your hemline sags forlornly down in the back. If you’re a slumper, might as well face facts and stand that way when your clothes are being fitted, then allowances can be made for...1944 November, Adele White, “That Unbridled Look”, in Chatelaine, page 35
- Good posture is far more important than many of us realize. If your posture is already good, you are likely to gain better initial respect from your students than if you are a slumper or if your posture tends to be rigidly erect. This is a matter that you can do something about with a little...1957, Sam P. Wiggins, “You Yourself” (chapter 3), in The Student Teacher in Action, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, page 70
Examples of slumper in a sentence
- If you’re a slumper, might as well face facts and stand that way when your clothes are being fitted, then allowances can be made for droop-osis.1944 November, Adele White, “That Unbridled Look”, in Chatelaine, page 35:
- If your posture is already good, you are likely to gain better initial respect from your students than if you are a slumper or if your posture tends to be rigidly erect.1957, Sam P. Wiggins, “You Yourself” (chapter 3), in The Student Teacher in Action, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, page 70:
- A look of pain or discomfort means she’s probably a slumper.1983, Ann Harper, Glenn Lewis, The Big Beauty Book: Glamour for the Fuller-Figure Woman, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, →ISBN, page 169...
Forms of slumper
| plural | slumpers |
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Origin of slumper
From slump + -er.
Words that rhyme with slumper
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Questions about slumper
- What does slumper mean?
- Slumper means a person who slumps or slouchs; a sloucher, drooper.
- How do you use slumper in a sentence?
- If you’re a slumper, might as well face facts and stand that way when your clothes are being fitted, then allowances can be made for droop-osis.
- What part of speech is slumper?
- Slumper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce slumper?
- Slumper is pronounced /ˈslʌmpə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of slumper?
- The plural of slumper is slumpers.
Words near slumper in the dictionary
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