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adjective (comparative slack·er, superlative slack·est) |
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1. not tight: not tight or stretched taut, but hanging loosely or having a good deal of give
  The reins are too slack.
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2. not showing enough care: not showing enough care, attention, or rigor
They've been rather slack about keeping to performance targets.
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3. not busy: not busy or active, or less busy than usual
the slack period following the main tourist season
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4. moving slowly: moving slowly or sluggishly
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5. phonetics
Same as lax (sense 4)
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adverb |
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loosely: in a loose or limp way
His clothes hung slack on him.
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noun (plural slacks) |
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1. looseness: looseness or give in something such as a rope, or the extra length or fullness in it that needs to be taken in to make it taut
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2. unused potential: productive potential in an organization or system that is not being fully made use of
take in some of the slack in the administrative division
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3. quiet time: a period of time that is not busy
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4. still water: a stretch of water that is still or moving only slowly
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plural noun slacks |
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pants: casual pants, especially loose-fitting ones
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verb (past and past participle slacked, present participle slack·ing, 3rd person present singular slacks) |
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1. intransitive verb avoid work: to be lazy, avoid work, or work with insufficient vigor or concentration
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2. transitive verb neglect something: to neglect something such as duty, or leave something undone
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3. transitive and intransitive verb
Same as slacken (sense 1)
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4. transitive and intransitive verb chemistry
Same as slake (sense 2)
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| [ Old English slæc< Indo-European, "be loose"] |
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| slack·ly adverb |
| slack·ness noun |
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