slack 1 (sl k)adj. slack·er, slack·est 1. Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace. 2. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business. 3. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose. 4. Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip. 5. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker. See Synonyms at negligent. 6. Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds. 7. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax. v. slacked, slack·ing, slacks v.tr. 1. To make slower or looser; slacken. 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 evade work; shirk. n. 1. A loose part, as of a rope or sail. 2. A lack of tension; looseness. 3. A period of little activity; a lull. 4. a. A cessation of movement in a current of air or water. b. An area of still water. 5. Unused capacity: still some slack in the economy. 6. slacks Casual trousers that are not part of a suit. adv. Phrasal Verb: In a slack manner: a banner hanging slack. slack off Idiom: To decrease in activity or intensity. 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 sl  g- in Indo-European roots.]slack  ly adv.slack ness n. |
| slack 2 (slk) n. A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal. [Middle English sleck.] |
| slack 3 (slk) n. Chiefly British 1. A small dell or hollow. 2. A bog; a morass. [Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki.] |
slack 1
Adjective
1. not tight, tense, or taut: the slack jaw hung open
2. careless in one's work
3. (esp. of water) moving slowly
4. (of trade) not busy
Noun
1. a part that is slack or hangs loose: take up the slack
2. a period of less busy activity
Verb
1. to neglect one's duty or work in a lazy manner: stop slacking, you pair!
2. (often foll. by off)to loosen or slacken
See also slacks [Old English slæc, sleac]
slackness n
slack 2
Noun
small pieces of coal with a high ash content [probably Middle Low German slecke]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | slack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
| 2. | slack - a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" | |
| 3. | slack - a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" stretch - a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water" | |
| 4. |  slack - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | |
| 5. | slack - the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" | |
| 6. | slack - a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack" cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord" | |
| Verb | 1. | slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" |
| 2. | slack - be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention" neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children" | |
| 3. | slack - release tension on; "slack the rope" | |
| 4. | slack - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" | |
| 5. | slack - become slow or slower; "Production slowed" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | |
| 6. | slack - make less active or intense | |
| 7. | slack - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" | |
| 8. | slack - cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" hydrate - cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin" air-slake - alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate; "air-slake lime" | |
| Adj. | 1. | slack - not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" |
| 2. | slack - flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" | |
| 3. | slack - lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" negligent - characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" |
slack
adjective 4. negligent, lazy, lax, idle, easy-going, inactive, tardy, slapdash, neglectful, slipshod, inattentive, remiss, asleep on the job (informal) << OPPOSITE strict
noun 5. surplus, excess, overflow, leftover, glut, surfeit, overabundance, superabundance, superfluity
Translations
slack [slæk] adj (= loose) → flojo (= slow); de poca actividad (= careless); descuidado;
business is slack → hay poco movimiento en el negocio
slack [slæk] adj (loose) → lâche, desserré(e) (= slow); stagnant(e) (= careless); négligent(e) → peu sérieux/euse or consciencieux/euse;
n (in rope etc) → mou m;
slack [slæk] adj (loose) → locker;
(rope) → durchhängend;
(skin) → schlaff;
(careless) → nachlässig;
(Comm) (market) → flau;
(000) (demand) → schwach;
(period) → ruhig
n (in rope etc) → durchhängendes Teil nt;
slacks npl (trousers) → Hose f;
slack [slæk] adj (= loose) → allentato/a (= slow); lento/a (= careless); negligente;
business is slack → l'attività commerciale è scarsa see also slacks
adj slack [slӕk]
1 loose; not firmly stretched Leave the rope slack. slap رَخْو отпуснат volný slap locker χαλαρός, μπόσικος flojo lõtv سست löysä lâche רָפוּי ढीला labav, nenapet laza (kötél) kendur slakur lento ゆるい 늘어진 neįtemptas, laisvas vaļīgs; nenostiepts longgar los slakk, slapp luźny frouxo neîncordat слабый, плохо натянутый voľný ohlapen labav slak, slack หย่อน gevşek 松馳的 не натягнутий; ненапружений ڈھیلا ڈھالا chùng , lỏng 松驰的
2 not firmly in position He tightened a few slack screws. losserig غَيْر مُحْكَم الشَّد хлабав uvolněný løs lose χαλαρός, λάσκος flojo lõtv شل löysä desserré רָפוּי ढीला slab, popušten meglazult kendur slakur, ekki hertur allentato ゆるんだ 느슨한 nepriveržtas vaļīgs; nenostiprināts longgar los løs, slakk luźny folgado nefixat плохо затянутый, свободный uvoľnený zrahljan labav lös ไม่แน่น gevşek 不緊的 слабкий غیر محکم lỏng, không chắc chắn 不紧的
3 not strict; careless He is very slack about getting things done. sorgeloos مُتَراخٍ небрежен nedbalý sløv nachlässig αμελής, απρόσεκτος descuidado, despreocupado hooletu بي توجه välinpitämätön négligent רַשלָנִי लापरवाह nemaran, lijen gondatlan ceroboh kærulaus negligente のろい 부주의한 aplaidus, neatidus, nerūpestingas nolaidīgs; bezatbildīgs cuai laks slapp, treg, slurvet niedbały desleixado neglijent небрежный, нерадивый nedbanlivý zanikrn nemaran slapp, slö ไม่ใส่ใจ kesat 馬虎的 розхлябаний; недбалий لا پروا bê trễ, chểnh mảng 马虎的
4 in industry etc, not busy; inactive Business has been rather slack lately. stadig, traag راكِد застоял váznoucí stille; sløv flau αδρανής flojo loid بهره ور كردن hiljainen stagnant אִיטִי मंदा व्यापार trom, slab (poslovanje) pangó lesu dauður, í lægð debole 沈滞した 활기없는; 불경기의 vangus, negyvas kluss; bez rosības lesu slap treg, langsom, stille w zastoju lento inactiv вялый, неактивный viaznuci medel slab trög ซบเซา durgunluk, kesat 蕭條的 повільний; млявий سست، مندا uể oải, chậm chạp 萧条的
v slacken
(sometimes withofforup)
1 to make or become looser She felt his grip on her arm slacken. slap word يُرْخي отпускам povolit slappes lockern χαλαρώνω κτ., ξεσφίγγω aflojar lõdvendama, lõdvenema شل شدن löysentää, höllentyä (se) relâcher לִרפוֹת ढीला पड़ना olabaviti, omlohaviti meglazít; meglazul menjadi kendur slaka á; slakna diminuire ゆるめる 느슨해지다; 느슨하게 하다 at(si)leisti, silpnėti, atpalaiduoti kļūt vaļīgākam; atslābt; atslābināt menjadi longgar verslappen slakke, fire på rozluźniać (się) afrouxar a (se) destinde уменьшать; ослаблять povoliť popustiti olabaviti släppa, lossa, försvaga[] ทำให้หย่อน gevşe(t)mek 變松，松動 ослабляти; слабшати ڈھیلا ہونا یا کرنا nới lỏng 变松，松动
2 to make or become less busy, less active or less fast The doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack. minder besig raak يَرْكُد забавям темпо polevit slappe af abspannen χαλαρώνω aflojar, flaquear, decaer lõdvestuma, pinget vähendama سست شدن hellittää ralentir (son rythme) לְהַאֵט कम कर देना, ढीला कर देना usporiti lazít santai slaka á, draga úr rallentare (il ritmo) のんきにする 느긋하게 하다; 느긋해지다 nepersitempti, liautis plėšiusis, sulėtinti samazināt slodzi; atlaist grožus vaļīgāk rehat kalmer aan doen saktne, minske zwalniać tempo moderar-se a încetini (ritmul) замедлять(ся); уменьшать темп poľaviť upočasniti (se) usporiti minska, sakta [] ทำให้ช้า yavaşla(t)mak 少緊張，少活動，減緩 сповільнювати استراحت یا آرام کرنا làm chậm lại, làm giảm bớt 少紧张，少活动，减缓
adv slackly
slap بِتَراخٍ отпуснато volně slapt; løst; sløvt schlaff χαλαρά flojamente lõdvalt شلي löysästi mollement בְּרַשלָנוּת ढीलेपन से, लापरवाही से labavo, tromo lazán secara kendur letilega debolmente, mollemente ゆるく 느슨하게 silpnai, vangiai vaļīgi; neaktīvi dengan longgar los slakt, slapt, tregt luźno frouxamente alene расхлябанно voľne mlahavo labavo slakhet อย่างหย่อน gevşekçe 松馳地，緩慢地 мляво; повільно لاپروائی سے chùng, chậm lại 松驰地，缓慢地
n slackness
slapheid تَراخٍ отпуснатост uvolněnost slaphed; efterladenhed die Schlaffheit χαλαρότητα, αδράνεια flojedad, inactividad lõtvus سستي löysyys manque de tension רַשלָנוּת ढीलापन, लापरवाही labavost, malaksalost pangás, ernyedtség, lazaság kekenduran slaki mollezza ゆるさ 느슨함, 굼뜸 atpalaidavimas, suglebimas, vangumas vaļīgums; bezatbildība; gausums kelonggaran losheid slakkhet, slapphet, treghet rozluźnienie, niedbałość frouxidão lipsă de energie расхлябанность uvoľnenosť mlahavost labavost slakhet ความหย่อน gevşeklik 松馳，緩漫，無力 млявість; ненапруженість سستی، لاپروائی sư chùng, sự chậm lại 松驰，缓漫，无力
n pl slacks
trousers, usually loose-fitting, worn informally by men or women a pair of slacks. informele langbroek ألْبِسَه فَضْفاضَه مُتَراخِيَه панталони kalhoty slacks die Freizeithose φαρδύ σπορ παντελόνι pantalón, pantalones kottpüksid شلوار راحتي housut pantalon מִכנָסַיִים ढीली पतलून hlače koje nisu dio odijela, “sportske” hlače (hosszú)nadrág celana buxur (pantaloni a zampa di elefante) スラックス 헐거운 바지 laisvos kelnės (platas) bikses seluar slack lange broek bukser, beinklær spodnie calças pantaloni слаксы nohavice dolge hlače pantalone långbyxor, slacks กางเกงทรงหลวม bol tip pantolon 便褲 слакси, широкі штани ڈھیلا ڈھالا پاجامہ یا پتلون đoạn chùng, chỗ chùng 便裤
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