"slotch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slotches [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps related to slouch and slug, ultimately from or related to Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|non|slókr|t=lazy fellow}} Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slotch (plural slotches)
  1. (UK, dialectal) An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-slotch-en-noun-sKp4LYxX Disambiguation of People: 21 17 25 17 1 19 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialectal) A greedy or sloppy eater; a glutton. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-slotch-en-noun-zgcDzJrT Disambiguation of People: 21 17 25 17 1 19 Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK, dialectal) A drunkard, sot. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-slotch-en-noun-nwADPUmz Disambiguation of People: 21 17 25 17 1 19 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sloatch, slodge, sloch

Verb

Forms: slotches [present, singular, third-person], slotching [participle, present], slotched [participle, past], slotched [past]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps related to slouch and slug, ultimately from or related to Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|non|slókr|t=lazy fellow}} Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} slotch (third-person singular simple present slotches, present participle slotching, simple past and past participle slotched)
  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To go about in a lazy, slovenly manner; to slouch, walk heavily, or be slipshod. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-slotch-en-verb-KPhD4Rxh Disambiguation of People: 21 17 25 17 1 19 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialectal, of shoes) To slip or flop due to being too large. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-slotch-en-verb-8GdAN9F- Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK, dialectal) To eat or drink greedily with a loud noise; to glut; to lap up; to drink to excess; get drunk. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-slotch-en-verb-y9Z84pCO Disambiguation of People: 21 17 25 17 1 19 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 9 22 8 9 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 7 15 8 9 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 28 6 5 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sloatch, slodge, sloch Related terms: slack
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