slacker

slack·er

 (slăk′ər)

n.

1. One who shirks work or responsibility.

2. One who tries to evade military service in wartime; a draft dodger.

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slacker

(ˈslækə)

n

1. a person who evades work or duty; shirker

2. informal

a. an educated young adult characterized by cynicism and apathy

b. (as modifier): slacker culture.

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slack•er

(ˈslæk ər)

n.

1. a person who evades duty or work; shirker.

2. a person who evades military service; dodger.

3. an esp. educated young person who is scornful of materialism, purposeless, apathetic, and usu. works in a dead-end job.

[1790–1800; definition 3 popularized by Slackers (1991), film by R. Linklater]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) shirker armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" malingerer, shammer, skulker - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity scrimshanker - a shirker

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slacker

noun layabout, shirker, loafer, skiver (Brit. slang), idler, passenger, do-nothing, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), dodger, good-for-nothing, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), gold brick (U.S. slang), scrimshanker (Brit. military slang) He's not a slacker, he's the best worker they've got.

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Translations

Faulenzer

ακαμάτρα

glandeur

scansafatichepelandrone

slacker

[ˈslækəʳ] N → holgazán/ana m/f, vago/a m/f, gandul(a) m/f

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slacker

[ˈslækə^r] n → fainéant(e) m/fslack-jawed [ˌslækˈdʒɔːd] adj → bouche bée inv

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slacker

n → Bummelant(in) m(f)

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slacker

[ˈslækəʳ] n (fam) → lavativo/a, pelandrone/a

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