" struggling "

 [ "struggling" ]

1: Extremely ugly, haggard, broke down, and tore up.

  * e.g.,  ... (10-year reunion) 

 [ "struggling" ]

1: In the context of sports, when a team or player is offering an uncharacteristically poor performance over an extended period of time.

  * e.g.,  ... -Wow, our team has been playing decent all season, but they've lost their last five games! 

 [ "struggling" ]

1: When a weed smoker is having difficulties gaining control.

  * e.g.,  ... "woah man, brian is geeking out." 

 [ "struggling" ]

1: sub-par behavior; ridiculous, or pathetic; just plain sad. Made popular at the St. Hugh's Summer Programme by two boys from L.A. One who is struggling is a struggler. A struggler struggles. The accusation of "STRUGGLER!" is often accompanied by a specific hand gesture. For example, take your dominant arm, reach behind your head so that the forearm rests against the back of the head, and point forward at the struggler with the index finger, therefore indicating the presence of a true struggler.

  * e.g.,  ... "Dude, Ms Noonan dropped her G&D's ice-cream. She's struggling." 

 [ "struggling" ]

1: Being very drunk

  * e.g.,  ... "Did you see the pictures Carl added on facebook last night?" 

 [ "struggling" ]

1: walking a lot of batters when you are pitching

  * e.g.,  ... Kevin Miller was really struggling when he walked the first 3 batters of the game. 

 [ "struggles" ]

1: Obvious complications, problems, troubles, or difficulty for a person, place or thing

  * e.g.,  ... Lindsay Lohan had constant struggles with her teeth until she hit up the dentist. 

 [ "struggle" ]

1: my life

  * e.g.,  ... my life is such a struggle 

 [ "the struggle" ]

1: "The Struggle" refers to the difficulty and danger that is faced, every day, by those of lower socio-economic class living in areas such as housing projects and ghettos. It is a term often used to in Hip-Hop music, particularly Gangsta Rap, as a means of enlightening the listener to the difficulty of day to day life for many African-Americans living in such localities.

  * e.g.,  ... Pour a forty on the kerb, G. For the homies who died in "the struggle". 

 [ "on the struggle" ]

1: when you're having a difficult time.

  * e.g.,  ... it's appropiate in a variety of context, like, when you're having a bad day,when you're running late for work, when you're broke, when you've just been punched in the face. you're on the struggle.