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Quick definitions from WordNet (slack)
▸ noun: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely ("He took up the slack")
▸ noun: the condition of being loose (not taut) ("He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope")
▸ noun: a stretch of water without current or movement ("Suddenly they were in slack water")
▸ noun: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
▸ noun: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality ("A gradual slack in output")
▸ verb: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water ("Slack lime")
▸ verb: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
▸ verb: make less active or fast ("He slackened his pace as he got tired")
▸ verb: release tension on ("Slack the rope")
▸ verb: be inattentive to, or neglect ("He slacks his attention")
▸ verb: make less active or intense
▸ verb: become less in amount or intensity
▸ verb: become slow or slower
▸ adjective: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide ("Slack water")
▸ adjective: not tense or taut ("Slack and wrinkled skin")
▸ adjective: lacking in rigor or strictness ("Slack in maintaining discipline")
▸ adjective: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience ("A slack grip")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3139)
▸ Also see slacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to slack
▸ Usage examples for slack
▸ Idioms related to slack (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing slack
▸ Popular nouns described by slack
▸ Words that often appear near slack
▸ Rhymes of slack
▸ Invented words related to slack
▸ noun: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely ("He took up the slack")
▸ noun: the condition of being loose (not taut) ("He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope")
▸ noun: a stretch of water without current or movement ("Suddenly they were in slack water")
▸ noun: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
▸ noun: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality ("A gradual slack in output")
▸ verb: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water ("Slack lime")
▸ verb: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
▸ verb: make less active or fast ("He slackened his pace as he got tired")
▸ verb: release tension on ("Slack the rope")
▸ verb: be inattentive to, or neglect ("He slacks his attention")
▸ verb: make less active or intense
▸ verb: become less in amount or intensity
▸ verb: become slow or slower
▸ adjective: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide ("Slack water")
▸ adjective: not tense or taut ("Slack and wrinkled skin")
▸ adjective: lacking in rigor or strictness ("Slack in maintaining discipline")
▸ adjective: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience ("A slack grip")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3139)
▸ Also see slacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to slack
▸ Usage examples for slack
▸ Idioms related to slack (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing slack
▸ Popular nouns described by slack
▸ Words that often appear near slack
▸ Rhymes of slack
▸ Invented words related to slack