slack
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slack (countable and uncountable; plural slacks)
- (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- The slack of a rope or of a sail.
- (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
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- (small coal; coal dust): culm
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slack (comparative slacker, superlative slackest)
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- Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
- a slack rope
- Weak; not holding fast.
- a slack hand
- Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- slack in duty or service
- Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
- Business is slack.
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slack (not comparable)
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- Slackly.
- slack dried hops
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to slack (third-person singular simple present slacks, present participle slacking, simple past and past participle slacked)
- (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy
- (followed by “off”) to refuse or dislike exerting effort
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to procrastinate
to refuse or dislike exterting effort
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