slack

IPA: sɫˈæk

noun

  • (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  • (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
  • (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
  • (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
  • (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
  • (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To slacken.
  • (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  • To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

adjective

  • (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
  • Weak; not holding fast.
  • Moderate in some capacity.
  • Moderately warm.
  • Moderate in speed.
  • Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  • Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
  • Excess; surplus to requirements.
  • (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
  • (linguistics) Lax.

adverb

  • Slackly.
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Examples of "slack" in Sentences

  • Stop slacking off.
  • Children are exhausted and slack.
  • The work is slack due to the holiday.
  • That is, the dwell of the cam takes up any slack.
  • He threw the object at Eddie Slack, his workmate.
  • The tension is then regulated for providing slack lines.
  • In normal operation of the grapple, the cables are left slack.
  • The cottage belonged to the Slack family but was deserted in the 1960s.
  • Mallett is pretty slack with accuracy, but a good raconteur and analyst.
  • A slack absorbing device in the bending operation mechanism of an endoscope.

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