slack
Meaning
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- The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
- Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
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
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.
New
slacks
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plural of slack
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