slotch
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Perhaps related to slouch and slug, ultimately from or related to Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”).
Noun[edit]
slotch (plural slotches)
- (UK, dialectal) An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.
- (UK, dialectal) A greedy or sloppy eater; a glutton.
- (UK, dialectal) A drunkard, sot.
Verb[edit]
slotch (third-person singular simple present slotches, present participle slotching, simple past and past participle slotched)
- (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To go about in a lazy, slovenly manner; to slouch, walk heavily, or be slipshod.
- (UK, dialectal, of shoes) To slip or flop due to being too large.
- My shoes are slotching because they're too big.
- (UK, dialectal) To eat or drink greedily with a loud noise; to glut; to lap up; to drink to excess; get drunk.