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–noun (used with a plural verb

)

men's or women's trousers for informal wear.

[Origin: 1815–25; slack¹ + -s³

]

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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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slack² Audio Help (slāk) Pronunciation Key
n. A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal.

[Middle English sleck.]

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slack³ Audio Help (slāk) Pronunciation Key
n. Chiefly British

A small dell or hollow.
A bog; a morass.

[Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki.]

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slacks
noun
(usually in the plural) pants for casual wear

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slacks noun plural

trousers, usually loose-fitting, worn informally by men or women
Example: a pair of slacks

Arabic:	ألْبِسَه فَضْفاضَه مُتَراخِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	便裤
Chinese (Traditional):	便褲
Czech:	kalhoty
Danish:	slacks
Dutch:	lange broek
Estonian:	kottpüksid
Finnish:	housut
French:	pantalon
German:	die Freizeithose
Greek:	φαρδύ σπορ παντελόνι
Hungarian:	(hosszú)nadrág
Icelandic:	buxur
Indonesian:	celana
Italian:	(pantaloni a zampa di elefante)

Japanese:	スラックス
Latvian:	(platas) bikses
Lithuanian:	laisvos kelnės
Norwegian:	bukser, beinklær
Polish:	spodnie
Portuguese (Brazil):	calças compridas largas
Portuguese (Portugal):	calças
Romanian:	pantaloni
Russian:	слаксы
Slovak:	nohavice
Slovenian:	dolge hlače
Spanish:	pantalón, pantalones
Swedish:	långbyxor, slacks
Turkish:	bol tip pantolon