slotch

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noun

An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.

OriginOld Norse slókr →
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Meanings

nounslotch (plural slotches)

plural slotches · alternative sloatch · alternative slodge · alternative sloch

  1. UKdialectalAn idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.
  2. UKdialectalA greedy or sloppy eater; a glutton.
  3. UKdialectalA drunkard, sot.
verbslotch (third-person singular simple present slotches, present participle slotching, simple past and past participle slotched)

present singular third person slotches · participle present slotching · participle past slotched · past slotched · alternative sloatch · alternative slodge · alternative sloch

  1. UKdialectalintransitiveTo go about in a lazy, slovenly manner; to slouch, walk heavily, or be slipshod.
  2. UKdialectalTo slip or flop due to being too large.

    My shoes are slotching because they're too big.

  3. UKdialectalTo eat or drink greedily with a loud noise; to glut; to lap up; to drink to excess; get drunk.

Origin

  1. Old Norseslókr“lazy fellow”
  2. Englishslotch

Uncertain. Perhaps related to slouch and slug, ultimately from or related to Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”).

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Chicago

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