ALL meanings of slacks
slacks
S s - noun slacks the fine screenings of coal. 1
- adjective slacks not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope. 1
- adjective slacks negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading. 1
- adjective slacks slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters. 1
- adjective slacks not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry. 1
- adjective slacks moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water. 1
- adjective slacks weak; lax. 1
- adjective slacks Nautical. easy (def 15a). 1
- adverb slacks in a slack manner. 1
- verb with object slacks to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone: He slacked the most important part. 1
- verb with object slacks to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object slacks to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often followed by off or out). 1
- verb with object slacks to slake (lime). 1
- verb without object slacks to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part. 1
- verb without object slacks to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often followed by up): Business is slacking up. 1
- verb without object slacks to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off. 1
- verb without object slacks to become slaked, as lime. 1
- idioms slacks take up the slack, to pull in or make taut a loose section of a rope, line, wire, etc.: Take up the slack before releasing the kite. to provide or compensate for something that is missing or incomplete: New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo. 1
- noun plural slacks Slacks are casual trousers. 0
- noun plural slacks informal trousers worn by both sexes 0
- noun plural slacks trousers for men or women; esp., trousers that are not part of a suit 0