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Adjective: slack (slacker,slackest) slak- Not tense or taut
"slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
- loose - Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
"slack water" - Lacking in rigour or strictness
"slack in maintaining discipline"
- lax
Noun: slack slak- Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
"a gradual slack in output"
- slump, drop-off, falloff, falling off - A stretch of water without current or movement
"suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"
- slack water - A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- mire, quagmire, quag, morass - The quality of being loose (not taut)
- slackness - A cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
"he took up the slack"
Verb: slack slak- Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- Be inattentive to, or neglect
"He slacks his attention" - Release tension on
"slack the rope" - Make less active or fast
- slacken, slack up, relax - Become slow or slower
- slow, slow down, slow up, slacken - Make less active or intense
- slake, abate - Become less in amount or intensity
- abate, let up, slack off, die away - Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
"slack lime"
- slake
Derived forms: slacks, slacked, slackest, slacking, slacker See also: lax, negligent, slacker, slacking, slackly, slackness, standing Type of: bog, cord, debris, declension, decline in quality, decrease, deterioration, detritus, diminish, dust, fall, fiddle, goldbrick [N. Amer], hydrate, junk, lessen, loose, loosen, looseness, minify, neglect, peat bog, play, rubble, shirk, shrink from, stretch, weaken, worsening Encyclopedia: Slack |