slackness

English

Etymology

From Middle English slacnesse, slakenes, slaknesse; equivalent to slack +‎ -ness. Compare Old English slæcness.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈslæknəs/

Noun

slackness (usually uncountable, plural slacknesses)

1. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.
2. Vulgarity in West Indian culture.
3. A subgenre of dancehall music with sexual lyrics.

Translations

state of being slack

• Dutch: slapte (nl)
• Ido: laxeso (io)
• Irish: (of person) leibideacht f
• Ottoman Turkish: گوشكلك (gevşeklik)

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