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slack¹ Audio Help (slāk) Pronunciation Key
adj. slack·er, slack·est

Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.
Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.
Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose.
Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip.
Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker. See Synonyms at negligent.
Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.
Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.

v. slacked, slack·ing, slacks

v. tr.

To make slower or looser; slacken.
To be careless or remiss in doing: slack one's duty.
To slake (lime).

v. intr.

To be or become slack.
To evade work; shirk.

A loose part, as of a rope or sail.
A lack of tension; looseness.
A period of little activity; a lull.
1. A cessation of movement in a current of air or water.
2. An area of still water.
Unused capacity: still some slack in the economy.
slacks Casual trousers that are not part of a suit.

adv. In a slack manner: a banner hanging slack.

Phrasal Verb(s):
slack off
To decrease in activity or intensity.

Idiom(s):
cut/give (someone) some slack
Slang To make an allowance for (someone), as in allowing more time to finish something.

[Middle English slak, from Old English slæc; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]

slack'ly adv., slack'ness n.

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