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slack off
slack 1 S0461600 (slăk)adj. slack·er, slack·est 1. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose.2. a. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.b. Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.3. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker. See Synonyms at negligent.4. Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.5. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.v. slacked, slack·ing, slacks v.tr.1. a. To make looser or less taut: slacked the sail.b. To make slower: slacked our pace.2. To be careless or remiss in doing: slack one's duty.3. To slake (lime).v.intr.1. To be or become slack.2. To be inactive or avoid work: slacked around the house all day.n.1. A loose part, as of a rope or sail: hauled in the slack.2. A period of little activity; a lull: a slack in business.3. a. A cessation of movement in a current of air or water.b. An area of still water.4. Unused capacity: still some slack in the economy.5. slacks Casual pants that are not part of a suit.adv. In a slack manner: a banner hanging slack.Phrasal Verb: slack off1. To decrease in activity or intensity.2. To work less intensely than is required or expected: slacked off at work and started surfing the internet.Idiom: cut/give (someone) some slack Slang To make an allowance for (someone), as in allowing more time to finish something.
[Middle English slak, from Old English slæc; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]
slack′ly adv.slack′ness n.
slack 2 S0461600 (slăk)n. A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal.
[Middle English sleck.]
slack 3 S0461600 (slăk)n. Chiefly British 1. A small dell or hollow.2. A bog; a morass.
[Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki.]Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  slack off - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"die away, let up, abate, slackdecrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
slackadjective1. Characterized by reduced economic activity:down, dull, off, slow, sluggish, soft.2. Not tautly bound, held, or fastened:lax, loose, relaxed.3. Guilty of neglect; lacking due care or concern:derelict, lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss.verb1. To reduce in tension, pressure, or rigidity:ease, let up, loose, loosen, relax, slacken, untighten.2. To avoid the fulfillment of:disregard, neglect, shirk.Idiom: let slide.phrasal verb
slack offTo become or cause to become less active or intense:abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, subside, wane.slack off
slack off1. To reduce or decrease over time. Most of the businesses on the island close up for the year once the summer business starts to slack off toward the end of August. The winds began slacking off as the hurricane shifted course out to sea.2. To be or become lazy; to procrastinate or avoid work or one's duty. If you keep slacking off, we'll be forced to give you a formal warning. I should have been working on my essay, but I decided to slack off for the weekend with my friends.See also: off, slackslack off 1. to taper off; to reduce gradually. Business tends to slack off during the winter months. The storms begin to slack off in April. 2. [for someone] to become lazy or inefficient. Near the end of the school year, Sally began to slack off, and her grades showed it. John got fired for slacking off during the busy season.See also: off, slackslack offDecrease in activity or intensity, as in If business ever slacks off we can go on vacation, or When the project fell behind schedule again, she thought we were slacking off. [Second half of 1800s] See also: off, slackslack offv.1. To decrease in activity or intensity: Tourism on Cape Cod usually slacks off around September.2. To evade work; shirk: High school seniors tend to slack off once they get accepted to college.See also: off, slackEncyclopediaSeeslackslack off
Related to slack off: roughshod, up to parSynonyms for slack offverb become less in amount or intensitySynonymsRelated Words- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- fall
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