slack

Meaning

Synonyms

become loose

quag

slack up

slack water

small coal

tired of

be loose

low tone

moving slowly

preshoot

slack capacity

idle capacity

underemployed capacity

not tight

bum about

moon around

descensus

low-toned

moon on

unemotional person

amount of deflection

gruss

small-coal

coal slack

slack coal

swampy ground

become flabby

coal screenings

not fix

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/slæk/
Etymology

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.

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