different between amble vs slouch
amble
English
Etymology
From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambul? (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æm.b?l/
- Rhymes: -æmb?l
Noun
amble (plural ambles)
- An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
- An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
Translations
Verb
amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)
- (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
- (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
Synonyms
- (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter
Derived terms
- ambler
Related terms
- ambulate
- ambulance
- ambulatory
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba
French
Verb
amble
- first-person singular present indicative of ambler
- third-person singular present indicative of ambler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
- second-person singular imperative of ambler
Anagrams
- blâme, blâmé
Spanish
Verb
amble
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of amblar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of amblar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of amblar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of amblar.
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slouch
English
Etymology
From Middle English slugge, from Old Norse slókr (“a slouching, lazy fellow”), cognate to Swedish sloka (“to wilt, slouch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla?t??/
- Rhymes: -a?t?
Noun
slouch (plural slouches)
- A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
- He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.
- Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
- The plant hung in a permanent slouch.
- Someone who is slow to act.
- 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
- In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.
- 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
- (dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
Derived terms
- slouch hat
Translations
Verb
slouch (third-person singular simple present slouches, present participle slouching, simple past and past participle slouched)
- (intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
- Do not slouch when playing a flute.
- (intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
- I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.
- (transitive) To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.
- 1896, Duncan Campbell Scott, In the Village of Viger (page 107)
- […] then he slouched his head down on the table and pretended to sleep.
- 2012, Kim Vogel Sawyer, When Hope Blossoms (page 281)
- Disappointment slouched him into the pew.
- 1896, Duncan Campbell Scott, In the Village of Viger (page 107)
References
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