slouch vs sprawl

slouch

noun
  • A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance 

  • Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. 

  • Someone who is slow to act. 

verb
  • To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture 

  • To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. 

  • To cause to hang down or droop; to depress. 

sprawl

noun
  • An ungainly sprawling posture. 

  • A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent. 

  • A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. 

verb
  • To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle. 

  • To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown. 

  • To sit with the limbs spread out. 

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