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slack

slack
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [slak]
    • /slæk/
    • /slæk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [slak]
    • /slæk/

Definitions of slack word

  • adjective slack not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope. 1
  • adjective slack negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading. 1
  • adjective slack slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters. 1
  • adjective slack not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry. 1
  • adjective slack moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water. 1
  • adjective slack weak; lax. 1

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Origin of slack

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English slac (adj.), Old English sleac, slæc; cognate with Old Norse slakr, Old High German slach, Latin laxus lax

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Parts of speech for Slack

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

slack popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for slack

adj slack

  • against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
  • airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
  • amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
  • at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
  • at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted

verb slack

  • amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
  • anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
  • anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
  • balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
  • bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.

noun slack

  • anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
  • charcoal — Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.
  • coal — Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
  • culm — coal-mine waste
  • deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.

adjective slack

  • discinct — (archaic) ungirded; loosely dressed.
  • droopy — hanging down; sagging.
  • energyless — Without energy.
  • faineant — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
  • hanging — the way in which a thing hangs.

Antonyms for slack

noun slack

  • antsiness — the quality of being antsy
  • astriction — to bind fast; constrain.
  • edginess — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
  • nail-biting — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
  • worriment — the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.

adj slack

  • appressed — pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface
  • arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
  • ball of fire — a very lively person
  • blubbery — of, containing, or like blubber; fat
  • buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc

adjective slack

  • clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
  • conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
  • curdled — Containing curds.
  • expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
  • immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.

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