slouch
/slaʊtʃ/verb
उच्चारण स्लाउच
झुककर बैठना या चलना
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[I]
to stand, sit or move in a lazy way, often with your shoulders and head bent forward
झुककर बैठना या चलना
- Don't slouch at your desk.
- Radhika's mother told her not to slouch while reading.
- Sit up straight and do not slouch.
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- He slouched in the chair, looking bored.
- Students tend to slouch during long lectures.
Synonyms hunch stoop slump droop loll
Opposite stand straight sit up
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[sing.]
a way of standing or sitting in which your shoulders are not straight
झुकी मुद्रा
- He walked with a slouch.
- The tired porter walked away with a slouch.
- Years of sitting at a desk had given him a permanent slouch.
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- She walked with a slouch, tired after the long day.
- Good posture can fix a slouch.
?Which word?
Keep the bad-posture words together: slouch, stoop (bend forward and down), hunch (bend your back and shoulders forward), slump (sit or fall heavily), droop.
खराब मुद्रा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: slouch, stoop (आगे और नीचे झुकना), hunch (पीठ और कंधे आगे झुकाना), slump (भारी होकर बैठना या गिरना), droop।
§Grammar and usage
Health: slouching for long hours at a desk can cause back pain; good posture means sitting straight.
स्वास्थ्य में डेस्क पर लंबे समय तक झुककर बैठना पीठ दर्द पैदा कर सकता है; अच्छी मुद्रा का अर्थ सीधे बैठना है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Be no slouch (at sth) (informal, be very good at something: 'She's no slouch at maths').
Idiom अक्सर पूछा जाता है: be no slouch (at sth) (अनौपचारिक, किसी चीज़ में बहुत अच्छा होना: 'She's no slouch at maths')।