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.