slack

Significado (English)

Noun

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

Adj

1. Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
2. Weak; not holding fast.
3. Moderate in some capacity.
4. Moderate in some capacity.
5. Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
6. Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
7. Excess; surplus to requirements.
8. (slang) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
9. Lax.

Adv

Slackly.

Verb

1. To slacken.
2. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

Synonyms

loose

lax

sluggish

slow

lazy

slake

slacken

looseness

limp

loosen

flaccid

inert

languid

slackness

listless

weak

abate

careless

loaf

idle

flabby

morass

relax

slow down

baggy

dull

culm

relaxed

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laxity

slothful

slack off

slow up

become loose

quag

drop-off

slackening

slack up

slack water

play

fen

sloppy

slovenly

droopy

slump

nerveless

loosened

smooth

negligent

soft

soft-boiled

dullness

mire

inactive

die away

gap

relaxation

sag

gravel

falling off

falloff

let up

shirk

quiet

quagmire

moor

mute

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neglectful

nutate

off-season

perfunctory

pine

placid

plumb

ponderous

ptosis

relaxedly

roomy

rubble

sagging

sedate

self-possessed

serene

shiftless

shortfall

shrunken

silent

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simmer down

slackened

slap

sluttish

small coal

smudge

still

stillness

stilly

stoic

stoical

subside

superficial

swampland

tardily

tardy

tired

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tired of

arse about

arse around

tranquil

unagitated

unbend

unbrace

unconfused

undertone

unexcitable

unexcited

unkempt

unprovocative

unruffled

unsteadiness

untidy

void

voidage

weakfish

weakness

windlessness

be loose

bum around

lallygag

loosen up

low tone

moving slowly

chalasia

nickings

preshoot

unbaffled

waste

unawed

slack capacity

idle capacity

underemployed capacity

not tight

bum about

moon around

descensus

low-toned

moon on

unangry

unemotional person

unprovoking

amount of deflection

gruss

small-coal

coal slack

slack coal

swampy ground

become flabby

coal screenings

not fix

air gap

asleep

atonic

atony

be

blunt

bog

break

breathed

calm

clearance

closemouthed

composed

cool down

cursory

dally

deflect

deflection

delicate

die down

dip

dirty

dislocated

droop

drooping

drop

duff

ease

ease off

enervated

enlarged

exhausted

faint

feeble

fizzle out

flabbiness

flaccidity

flat

flexible

floppy

fuck off

grit

hang out

hush

imperturbable

impoverished

inattentive

indolent

infirm

interstice

interval

lackadaisical

laxness

laze

leisurely

lessen

letdown

lethargic

lifeless

lollygag

loosely

marsh

moderate

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/slæk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: slak

Inherited from inglês arcaico: slæc

Inherited from inglês médio: slakken

Inherited from inglês arcaico: slacian

Cognate with islandês: slakki

Cognate with norueguês: slakke

In summary

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