slack
/slæk/ verb C1- To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake. · Lime slacks.
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to. · I can't afford to slack. This job is all I have!
He/she/it slacks · Past slacked · Past participle slacked · -ing form slacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- slack
- He/she/it
- slacks
- Past
- slacked
- Past participle
- slacked
- -ing form
- slacking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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They were paying a pound a day each—fourteen pounds a week, and this is the slack season.
“He said that we were slack about such matters—that it would be easy for a traitor to get the plans.”
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