Noah Webster
Slouch
SLOUCH, noun [This word probably belongs to the root of lag, slug.]
1. A hanging down; a depression of the head or of some other part of the body, an ungainly clownish gait.
2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
SLOUCH, verb intransitive To hang down; to have a down cast clownish look, gait or manner.
SLOUCH, verb transitive To depress; to cause to hang down; as, to slouch the hat.