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Definition of 'Slack'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) slack
not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose:
a slack rope.

2.  slack
negligent; careless; remiss.

3.  slack
slow, sluggish, or indolent:
slack in answering letters.

4.  slack
not active or busy; dull; not brisk:
the slack season in an industry.

5.  slack
moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water.

6.  slack
weak; lax.

7. (adv.) slack
in a slack manner.

8. (n.) slack
a slack condition or part.

9.  slack
the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it.

10.  slack
a decrease in activity, as in business or work.

11.  slack
a period of decreased activity.

12.  slack
a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current.

13. (v.t.) slack
to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone.

14.  slack
to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.) (often fol. by up).

15.  slack
to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often fol. by off or out).

16. (v.i.) slack
to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part.

17.  slack
to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often fol. by up or off).

18.  slack
to become less tense or taut, as a rope; ease off.

19. (n.) slack
the fine screenings of coal.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME sleck)

Definition of 'Slack'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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. (noun) slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off
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. (noun) slack, slack water
a stretch of water without current or movement
"suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"

4. (noun) mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

5. (noun) slack, slackness
the quality of being loose (not taut)
"he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

6. (adj) slack
a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
"he took up the slack"

7. (adj) loose, slack
not tense or taut
"the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

8. (adj) slack
flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
"slack water"

9. (verb) lax, slack
lacking in rigor or strictness
"such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

10. (verb) slack
avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

11. (verb) slack
be inattentive to, or neglect
"He slacks his attention"

12. (verb) slack
release tension on
"slack the rope"

13. (verb) slack, slacken, slack up, relax
make less active or fast
"He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

14. (verb) slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
become slow or slower
"Production slowed"

15. (verb) slake, abate, slack
make less active or intense

16. (verb) abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
become less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

17. (verb) slack, slake
cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
"slack lime"

Definition of 'Slack'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) slack
looseness in a rope, strap, etc.
the slack in the reins

2.  slack
take/pick up the slack
to do work that is not being done by sb else
The railroads are taking up the slack where airlines have failed.

3.  slack
cut sb slack
to not be too critical of sb
Cut him some slack - he's just a kid.

4. (adjective) slack
(of a rope, strap, etc.) not pulled tight; = loose
The fishing line went slack.

5.  slack
(of a business) not busy or making enough money
Sales are slack right now.

6.  slack
not making enough of an effort
the team's slack performance last night

7. (verb) slack
to not work hard enough
You can't slack off during exams.

Definition of 'Slack'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Slack
alt. of Slacken

2. (adverb) Slack
slackly; as, slack dried hops

3. (noun) Slack
small coal; also, coal dust; culm

4. (noun) Slack
a valley, or small, shallow dell

5. (noun) Slack
the part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail

6.  Slack
lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope

7.  Slack
weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand

8.  Slack
remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service

9.  Slack
not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack

10. (verb) Slack
alt. of Slacken

Definitions of 'Slack'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. Slack
1. Space allocated to a disk file but not actually used to store useful information. The techspeak equivalent is ‘internal fragmentation’. Antonym: hole.

2. In the theology of the Church of the SubGenius, a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness.

Since Unix files are stored compactly, except for the unavoidable wastage in the last block or fragment, it might be said that “Unix has no slack”. See ha ha only serious.

Translation of 'Slack'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: loose; not firmly stretched Leave the rope slack.
Afrikaans: slap	Arabic: رَخْو	Bulgarian: отпуснат
Brazilian: frouxo	Czech: volný	German: locker
Danish: slap	Greek: χαλαρός, μπόσικος	Spanish: flojo
Estonian: lõtv	Farsi: سست	Finnish: löysä
French: lâche	Hebrew: רָפוּי	Hindi: ढीला
Croatian: labav, nenapet	Hungarian: laza (kötél)	Indonesian: kendur
Icelandic: slakur	Italian: lento	Japanese: ゆるい
Korean: 느슨한	Lithuanian: neįtemptas, laisvas	Latvian: vaļīgs; nenostiepts
Malay: longgar	Dutch: los	Norwegian: slakk, slapp
Polish: luźny	Persian: سست	Pashto: لټ، سست (پراخ)، غړند، (اص
Portuguese: frouxo	Romanian: neîncordat	Russian: слабый, плохо натянутый
Slovak: voľný	Slovenian: ohlapen	Serbian: labav
Swedish: slak, slack	Thai: หย่อน	Turkish: gevşek
Taiwanese: 鬆弛的	Ukrainian: не натягнутий; ненапружен	Urdu: ڈھیلا ڈھالا
Vietnamese: chùng , lỏng	Chinese: 松驰的
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