slack

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /slæk/

  Rhymes: -æk

[edit] Noun

slack (countable and uncountable; plural slacks)

1. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
2. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
3. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

   The slack of a rope or of a sail.

4. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

[edit] Synonyms

• (small coal; coal dust): culm

[edit] Adjective

slack (comparative slacker, superlative slackest)

1. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

   a slack rope

2. Weak; not holding fast.

   a slack hand

3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

   slack in duty or service

4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.

   Business is slack.

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• (not violent, rapid, or pressing): slow, moderate, easy

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• slack-jawed

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[edit] Adverb

slack (not comparable)

1. Slackly.

   slack dried hops

[edit] Verb

to slack (third-person singular simple present slacks, present participle slacking, simple past and past participle slacked)

1. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy
2. (followed by “off”) to refuse or dislike exerting effort

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ackls
• calks
• lacks