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slacking
slack 1 S0461600 (slăk)adj. slack·er, slack·est 1. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose.2. a. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.b. Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.3. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker. See Synonyms at negligent.4. Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.5. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.v. slacked, slack·ing, slacks v.tr.1. a. To make looser or less taut: slacked the sail.b. To make slower: slacked our pace.2. To be careless or remiss in doing: slack one's duty.3. To slake (lime).v.intr.1. To be or become slack.2. To be inactive or avoid work: slacked around the house all day.n.1. A loose part, as of a rope or sail: hauled in the slack.2. A period of little activity; a lull: a slack in business.3. a. A cessation of movement in a current of air or water.b. An area of still water.4. Unused capacity: still some slack in the economy.5. slacks Casual pants that are not part of a suit.adv. In a slack manner: a banner hanging slack.Phrasal Verb: slack off1. To decrease in activity or intensity.2. To work less intensely than is required or expected: slacked off at work and started surfing the internet.Idiom: cut/give (someone) some slack Slang To make an allowance for (someone), as in allowing more time to finish something.
[Middle English slak, from Old English slæc; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]
slack′ly adv.slack′ness n.
slack 2 S0461600 (slăk)n. A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal.
[Middle English sleck.]
slack 3 S0461600 (slăk)n. Chiefly British 1. A small dell or hollow.2. A bog; a morass.
[Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  slacking - the evasion of work or duty goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, soldieringdodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" |
EncyclopediaSeeslackslacking
Synonyms for slackingnoun the evasion of work or dutySynonyms- goldbricking
- goofing off
- shirking
- soldiering
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