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adjective
1.
not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
2.
negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading.
3.
slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters.
4.
not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry.
5.
EXPANDmoving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water.
adverb
8.
in a slack manner.
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Slackly
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noun
9.
a slack condition or part.
10.
the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it.
11.
a decrease in activity, as in business or work: a sudden slack in output.
12.
a period of decreased activity.
13.
EXPANDGeography. a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn.
verb (used with object)
17.
to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone: He slacked the most important part.
18.
to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often followed by up).
19.
to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often followed by off or out).
20.
to slake (lime).
verb (used without object)
Idiom21.
to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part.
22.
to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often followed by up): Business is slacking up.
23.
to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off.
24.
to become slaked, as lime.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English slac (adj.), Old English sleac, slæc; cognate with Old Norse slakr, Old High German slach, Latin laxus lax
before 900; Middle English slac (adj.), Old English sleac, slæc; cognate with Old Norse slakr, Old High German slach, Latin laxus lax
Related forms
slack·ing·ly, adverb
slack·ly, adverb
slack·ness, noun
un·slacked, adjective
un·slack·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. relaxed. 2. lazy, weak. 3. dilatory, tardy, late. 4. idle, quiet. 11. slowing, relaxation. 17. neglect. 18. reduce, slacken. 21. malinger.
1. relaxed. 2. lazy, weak. 3. dilatory, tardy, late. 4. idle, quiet. 11. slowing, relaxation. 17. neglect. 18. reduce, slacken. 21. malinger.
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| slack1 (slæk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not tight, tense, or taut |
| 2. | negligent or careless |
| 3. | (esp of water, etc) moving slowly |
| 4. | (of trade, etc) not busy |
| 5. | phonetics another term for lax |
| —adv | |
| 6. | in a slack manner |
| —n | |
| 7. | a part of a rope, etc, that is slack: take in the slack |
| 8. | a period of decreased activity |
| 9. | a. a patch of water without current |
| b. a slackening of a current | |
| 10. | prosody (in sprung rhythm) the unstressed syllable or syllables |
| —vb | |
| 11. | to neglect (one's duty, etc) |
| 12. | ( |
| 13. | chem a less common word for slake |
| [Old English slæc, sleac; related to Old High German slah, Old Norse slākr bad, Latin laxus | |
| 'slackly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'slackness1 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
slack
1794, "loose part or end" (of a rope, sail, etc.), from slack (adj.); hense fig. senses in take up the slack (1930) and slang cut (someone) some slack (1968). Meaning "quiet period, lull" is from 1851. Slacks "loose trousers" first recorded 1824, originally military.
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