slack in English

adjective

1

not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

a slack rope

synonyms: loose, limp, hanging, flexible, flaccid, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy

2

(of business) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet.

business was rather slack

3

(of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing.

soon the water will become slack, and the tide will turn

noun

1

the part of a rope or line that is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

synonyms: looseness, play, give

2

casual trousers.

Wear them with jeans, stylish dress slacks , drawstring pants, and cargo pants or shorts.

3

a spell of inactivity or laziness.

he slept deeply, refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine

synonyms: lull, pause, respite, break, hiatus, breathing space, letup, breather

4

coal dust or small pieces of coal.

Previously, miners had been paid $0.39 per ton of large coal and $0.17 for riddled slack .

verb

1

loosen (something, especially a rope).

The rope would tighten and then slack and then tighten, jerking Darren while all the time cutting into his already tore up wrists.

2

slake (lime).

adverb

1

loosely.

their heads were hanging slack in attitudes of despair

adjective

loose, limp, hanging, flexible
flaccid, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy
sluggish, slow, quiet, slow-moving, flat, depressed, stagnant
lax, negligent, remiss, careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, inefficient, casual, sloppy, slaphappy
lax
loose

noun

looseness, surplus, lull, slackness, drop-off, quag, slack water
looseness, play, give
surplus, excess, residue, spare capacity
lull, pause, respite, break, hiatus, breathing space, letup, breather
slackness
drop-off, falling off, falloff, slump
quag, quagmire, morass, mire
slack water

verb

idle, let up, slake, slack up, slow up
idle, shirk, be lazy, be indolent, waste time, lounge about, goof off
let up, slack off, die away, abate
slake, abate
slack up, slacken, relax
slow up, slacken, slow, slow down
slake

Use "slack" in a sentence

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2. Pull the slack!

3. Give me slack.

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5. Trade is slack this week.

6. The boxer's jaw went slack.

7. The antiques business remained slack.

8. Trade is slack in winter.

9. Let the reins go slack.

10. The rope suddenly went slack.

11. That one looks a little slack.

12. Don't get slack about doing yourexercises.

13. He tightened a few slack screws.

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15. The boy's jaw went slack.

16. Some of the ropes were completely slack.

17. Discipline in the classroom is very slack.

18. The string around the parcel was slack.

19. Anocarpous Daddy stuck his arm went slack

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21. The fan belt is a little slack.

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23. Your grip on the bar is too slack.

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25. Irresponsible, devil-may-care, waxy-eared, slack-jawed...

26. There is still some slack in the budget.

27. He pulled in the slack of the rope.

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29. Why may some slack off in personal study?

30. She was staring into space, her mouth slack.

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32. And don't slack around, finish it up.

33. Organization of the conference was rather slack.

34. There's very little slack in the budget.

35. Discipline in Mr.Brown's class becomes very slack.

36. Leave the thread slightly slack to allow for movement.

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39. 23 Your grip on the bar is too slack.

40. Business Appeared to be slack for the stall holders.

41. These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening.

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44. They looked at him, slack-jawed with disbelief.

45. There's too much slack in the tow rope.

46. Many publishers have simply become far too slack.

47. But let us never slack the hand in that work.

48. The clothes makes him look like a slack - jaw yokel.

49. We lost because of some slack defending on our part.

50. 26 These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening.